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WHEREAS, the Will County Board enacted a Will County Waste Hauler License Ordinance on October 21, 1999; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the citizens of Will County that the Will County Waste Hauler Ordinance be replaced with a new ordinance, which is the Will County Waste Hauler Reporting Ordinance, in order to comply with the Illinois Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act (415 ILCS 15/1 et seq.); and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act requires each county in the State of Illinois to adopt a solid waste management plan; and
WHEREAS, each solid waste management plan shall include a recycling program designed to recycle 25% of the municipal waste generated in the county within five years of implementing the plan; and
WHEREAS, in order for Will County (hereafter referred to as the "County") to determine whether a plan will or does result in a specific percentage of waste being recycled, it is necessary that the county collect information concerning the amount of waste generated and the amount recycled; and
WHEREAS, the Attorney General of Illinois has issued an opinion (No. 94-006) that the counties may require waste handlers to report the amounts of waste generated and recycled for compliance purposes pursuant to the Illinois Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act; and
WHEREAS, the Public Works Committee of the Will County Board recommends that the Will County Hauler License Ordinance be repealed effective upon the passage of this resolution and the new Will County Waste Hauler Reporting Ordinance be adopted effective on the passage of this resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED that the Will County Board hereby repeals the Will County Hauler License Ordinance enacted October 21, 1999 and adopts the Waste Hauler Reporting Ordinance, as follows:
1.0 DEFINITIONS
1.1 County shall refer to Will County, Illinois.
1.2 Municipal Waste means garbage, general household, institutional and commercial waste, industrial lunchroom and office waste, landscape waste, and construction and demolition debris.
1.3 Recycling means a method, technique or process designed to remove any contaminant from waste so as to render the waste reusable, or any process by which materials that would otherwise be disposed of or discarded are collected, separated or processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
2.0 AUTHORITY
2.1 This ordinance is enacted pursuant to authority given by the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act (415 ILCS 15/1 et seq.).
3.0 PURPOSE
3.1 The purpose of this Ordinance is to assist the County collect information pertinent in measuring compliance with the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act (415 ILCS 15/1 et seq.).
4.0 REPORTING
4.1 For the purpose of tracking the implementation progress of the Will County Solid Waste Management Plan, haulers shall submit semi-annual reports to the Will County Land Use Department, Waste Services Division documenting the volume and/or tonnage of municipal waste collected from residential, commercial, institutional and industrial customers in Will County. Semi-annual reports are due July 31 for the period of January 1 to June 30 and January 31 for the period July 1 to December 31 and must include the following information:
- The total volume and/or tonnage of municipal waste collected in the County by sector (i.e., residential, commercial, institutional and industrial); and
- The total volume and/or tonnage of each category of recyclable materials collected and recycled by sector (residential, commercial, institutional and industrial).
5.0 EXEMPTIONS
5.1 The following are exempt from the provisions of this ordinance:
- Local government entities collecting and hauling debris from storm clean-up operations;
- Businesses for whom the hauling of waste is incident to their normal provision of service;
- Persons hauling municipal waste or other refuse from their own residence for proper disposal, recycling or processing.
6.0 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS
6.1 It shall be a petty offense to violate this Ordinance, violators may be subject to a fine not to exceed $500.00.
7.0 EFFECTIVE DATE
7.1 This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval by the County Board.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS ________ DAY OF ____________, 2000.
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Charles R. Adelman
Will County Executive
ATTEST:
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Jan Gould
Will County Clerk
VOTE YES _____ NO _____ PASS _____