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Supporting State Legislation Amending and Reauthorizing the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act
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WHEREAS, the Illinois Consumer Electronics Recycling Act (CERA - 415 ILSC 151), effective January 1, 2019, bans landfill disposal of several consumer electronic items and describes a framework through which manufacturers of those items must financially support their transportation and recycling; and
WHEREAS, CERA was passed with an automatic sunset/repeal date of December 31, 2026; and
WHEREAS, Kane County has voluntarily opted to participate in the CERA program every year since 2019 and the program has come to underpin the successful operation of county recycling drop-offs for electronics and other hard-to-recycle items; and
WHEREAS, Kane County residents have recycled 5,009,138 lbs. of consumer electronics through the CERA program between 2019 and 2024; and
WHEREAS, S.B. 2414 and H.B. 3098 have been introduced to the 104th General Assembly to amend and reauthorize CERA by making minor definitional changes, strengthening the amount of educational material about the program available to Counties and to the general public, and removing the repeal date; and
WHEREAS, under S.B. 2414 and H.B. 3098, Kane County will retain the ability to opt out of the CERA program should it no longer be in the County’s best interest to participate.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kane County Board supports S.B. 2414 and H.B. 3098 to amend and reauthorize the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Kane County Board authorizes the Chair of the Legislative Committee to submit witness slips establishing Kane County as a Proponent of S.B. 2414 and H.B. 3098 in advance of Committee hearings on the Bills, or to issue a written directive to Kane County’s lobbyist to support the Bills in interactions or correspondence with relevant members of the General Assembly, or to issue a letter describing the County’s support of the Bill to the relevant Assembly Members.
Passed by the Kane County Board on March 11, 2025.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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