Bill Text: IL HR0161 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges SERI (Sustainable Electronics Recycling International) and the TAC (the R2 Technical Advisory Committee) to amend the R2 Standard to create an option for management of CRT glass through beneficial use, including in uses such as landfill construction aggregate and ADC, and placement of treated CRT glass into a dedicated retrievable storage cell in a permitted disposal facility.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-22 - Resolution Adopted [HR0161 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0161-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, On September 17, 2008, the Electronic Products
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3 | Recycling and Reuse Act, Public Act 95-0959, was enacted,
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4 | setting forth procedures for the recycling and reuse of covered
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5 | electronic devices in Illinois; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act
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7 | banned the disposal of covered electronic devices in landfills
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8 | and incinerators beginning January 1, 2012; and
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9 | WHEREAS, To provide adequate collection of discarded
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10 | electronic devices and comply with the disposal ban, more than
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11 | 300 collection sites statewide are currently registered with | ||||||
12 | the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to accept
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13 | electronic wastes; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Local governments statewide have contracted with
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15 | electronic waste processors and recyclers for collection, | ||||||
16 | reuse,
and recycling of discarded electronics, providing a | ||||||
17 | vital
service to their residents; and
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18 | WHEREAS, A significant component of the discarded
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19 | electronic waste stream collected to date has been, and
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20 | continues to be, cathode ray tube (CRT) devices, including
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21 | televisions and computer monitors; and
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1 | WHEREAS, CRT glass contains lead at a sufficiently high
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2 | concentration to meet the definition of hazardous waste,
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3 | necessitating handling of the glass in a manner that protects
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4 | human health and the environment; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The principal recycling market for CRT glass was
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6 | historically the production of new CRTs; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Demand for new CRTs historically provided an
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8 | economic incentive to recycle CRT glass for use in the
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9 | manufacturing of new CRTs, and recyclers received revenue for
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10 | the CRT glass provided to CRT manufacturers; and
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11 | WHEREAS, New CRTs have essentially ceased to be purchased
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12 | in the United States, and there are no CRT manufacturing
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13 | facilities located in the United States; and
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14 | WHEREAS, All CRT glass used in the manufacturing of new
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15 | CRTs is now exported to India, to the sole remaining CRT
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16 | manufacturing facility in the world; and
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17 | WHEREAS, There exist limited additional available outlets
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18 | for the legitimate recycling of CRT glass in the United States; | ||||||
19 | and
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1 | WHEREAS, The quantity of CRT glass collected far exceeds
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2 | current demand and available markets for the glass; and
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3 | WHEREAS, CRT glass processing and recycling now carries a
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4 | substantial cost, which constitutes a significant change since
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5 | the Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act was enacted in
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6 | 2008; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The increased cost to process CRT glass has caused
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8 | electronic waste collection programs operated by local
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9 | governments in Illinois to either bear the cost increases or be
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10 | discontinued to avoid accumulation of CRTs; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Stockpiles of abandoned CRT glass have been
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12 | discovered at several former electronic waste processing
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13 | facilities across the United States, primarily due to the lack
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14 | of markets for CRT glass and the high cost associated with
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15 | existing markets; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Kuusakoski Glass Recycling LLC (Kuusakoski
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17 | Recycling) and Peoria Disposal Company (PDC) , both | ||||||
18 | Illinois-based
businesses, developed and permitted a CRT glass | ||||||
19 | solution,
the KleanKover Recycling Solution, whereby CRT glass | ||||||
20 | is treated
to reduce the leachable lead levels in the glass | ||||||
21 | (the principal
environmental concern associated with CRTs) | ||||||
22 | below stringent
federal thresholds, and is then placed as |
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1 | Alternative Daily
Cover (ADC) in a permitted landfill; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Kuusakoski Recycling and PDC have successfully
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3 | operated the KleanKover Recycling Solution since November, | ||||||
4 | 2013; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Given the lack of viable recycling markets, the
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6 | IEPA has determined that treated CRT glass used as ADC can be
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7 | counted towards manufacturer recycling goals under the
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8 | Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act, as documented in
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9 | IEPA correspondence to Kuusakoski Recycling on November 26,
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10 | 2013; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Basel Action Network (BAN), administrators of the
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12 | e-Stewards Standard (a voluntary certification standard for
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13 | electronic waste recyclers) had previously defined any use of | ||||||
14 | treated CRT glass within a disposal facility, including use as
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15 | ADC, as a "last resort" option, effectively prohibiting use of
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16 | the KleanKover Recycling Solution; and
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17 | WHEREAS, BAN had expressed interest in considering
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18 | retrievable storage of CRT glass in permitted, monitored, and
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19 | contained designated disposal sites as a preferred CRT glass
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20 | management method; and
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21 | WHEREAS, In response to BAN's interest, PDC developed a
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1 | designated retrievable storage cell at its permitted Indian
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2 | Creek Landfill No. 2 to provide storage and future retrieval of
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3 | CRT glass, should markets develop to utilize the leaded glass; | ||||||
4 | and
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5 | WHEREAS, PDC has established a perpetual care fund for
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6 | Indian Creek Landfill No. 2, consisting of a trust fund held by
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7 | a third-party and available to Tazewell County (the host
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8 | jurisdiction for the landfill), which provides funding to
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9 | monitor and maintain the landfill in perpetuity, imparting a
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10 | greater level of financial and environmental protection than is
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11 | required under State or federal laws or regulations; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Kuusakoski Recycling and PDC formally petitioned
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13 | BAN on November 18, 2014, to modify the e-Stewards Standard and
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14 | allow, as an additional preferred CRT glass management option,
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15 | the placement of treated CRT glass in a retrievable storage | ||||||
16 | cell
within a permitted disposal site which has a perpetual | ||||||
17 | care fund
established; and
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18 | WHEREAS, At least 10 units of local government in Illinois,
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19 | representing nearly four million people, sent letters to BAN in
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20 | support of the petition submitted by Kuusakoski Recycling and
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21 | PDC, and urging BAN's approval in order to maintain the
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22 | governmental units' vital electronic waste collection and
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23 | recycling programs for their residents; and
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1 | WHEREAS, On May 6, 2015, the House of Representatives of
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2 | the 99th General Assembly of the State of Illinois adopted | ||||||
3 | House
Resolution 328 urging BAN to approve the petition | ||||||
4 | submitted by
Kuusakoski Recycling and PDC and revise the | ||||||
5 | e-Stewards Standard
to allow placement of treated CRT glass | ||||||
6 | into a dedicated
retrievable storage cell at a permitted | ||||||
7 | disposal facility; and
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8 | WHEREAS, On July 10, 2015, Public Act 99-13 amended the
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9 | Electronics Products Recycling and Reuse Act to allow CRT glass | ||||||
10 | placed in retrievable storage cells at permitted landfills to | ||||||
11 | be
counted towards manufacturer recycling goals; and
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12 | WHEREAS, BAN published Sanctioned Interpretation #5 to the
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13 | e-Stewards Standard V2.0 on April 1, 2016, recognizing | ||||||
14 | placement
of treated CRT glass in lined, leachate-controlled, | ||||||
15 | and
monitored solid waste landfills as a conditionally | ||||||
16 | allowable
option for the management of CRT glass if all | ||||||
17 | preferred options
have been ruled out based on established | ||||||
18 | criteria without
requirement for further BAN approval; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Sustainable Electronics Recycling International
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20 | (SERI) , administrators of the R2 Standard (a separate | ||||||
21 | voluntary
certification standard for electronic waste | ||||||
22 | recyclers) has
prohibited its certified recyclers from |
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1 | managing CRT glass in
any form within a landfill, including as | ||||||
2 | ADC or in retrievable
storage; and
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3 | WHEREAS, At least 15 units of local government in Illinois,
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4 | representing over five million people, some of which | ||||||
5 | governmental
units maintain among the most effective e-waste | ||||||
6 | recycling
programs in the United States, petitioned SERI in | ||||||
7 | 2014, to
reconsider its options on CRT glass management, citing | ||||||
8 | the need
for additional CRT glass management options in the | ||||||
9 | United
States; and
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10 | WHEREAS, In June, 2016, representatives of SERI and the R2
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11 | Technical Advisory Committee (TAC, a multi-stakeholder group
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12 | appointed by SERI to review and recommend revisions to the R2
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13 | Standard) toured the Kuusakoski Recycling and PDC facilities | ||||||
14 | and
received additional information about their CRT glass | ||||||
15 | management
process; and
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16 | WHEREAS, In September, 2016, Kuusakoski Recycling and PDC
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17 | announced a further enhancement to their CRT glass management
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18 | process which will segregate panel glass (which does not | ||||||
19 | include
concentrations of hazardous materials in regulated | ||||||
20 | quantities)
from leaded funnel glass; this enhancement will | ||||||
21 | permit
Kuusakoski Recycling and PDC to utilize crushed panel | ||||||
22 | glass as
construction aggregate at permitted landfills as a | ||||||
23 | replacement
for washed gravel in the construction of leachate |
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1 | recirculation
wells and potentially landfill gas wells, while | ||||||
2 | continuing to
treat leaded funnel glass and place it in | ||||||
3 | retrievable storage or
utilize it as ADC at permitted | ||||||
4 | landfills; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The option of beneficial use of CRT panel glass as
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6 | construction aggregate, beneficial use of treated CRT glass as | ||||||
7 | ADC, and placement of treated CRT glass in retrievable storage
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8 | in a dedicated cell at a permitted disposal site provides | ||||||
9 | needed
environmentally protective, cost effective, and | ||||||
10 | immediately
available capacity for CRT glass, resulting in | ||||||
11 | relief for
residents, local governments, and recyclers across | ||||||
12 | Illinois and
the United States to manage this problematic | ||||||
13 | material and reduce
the potential for future discoveries of | ||||||
14 | stockpiled material that
would pose a significant | ||||||
15 | environmental threat; therefore, be it
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16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
17 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
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18 | urge SERI (Sustainable Electronics Recycling International) | ||||||
19 | and
the TAC (the R2 Technical Advisory Committee) to amend the | ||||||
20 | R2
Standard to create an option for management of CRT glass | ||||||
21 | through
beneficial use, including in uses such as landfill | ||||||
22 | construction
aggregate and ADC, and placement of treated CRT | ||||||
23 | glass into a
dedicated retrievable storage cell in a permitted | ||||||
24 | disposal
facility; and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
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2 | delivered to the executive director, R2 technical director, and
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3 | the chair of the Board of Directors of SERI (Sustainable
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4 | Electronics Recycling International).
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