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Task force recommends bag recycling in Illinois

Over $100 million worth of plastic bags and film are landfilled each year in Illinois, according to a new report from the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County Illinois (SWALCO). The report was commissioned by the state legislature in 2007, in lieu of a bill that would have required retailers to provide for the recycling of bags, film and product wrap. It’s based on research gathered from a resulting pilot recycling program of 76 retail locations in Lake County.
In releasing the report, the task force administering the pilot program says that while public education and increased end markets are key components in bag and film recovery, these and other challenges can be successfully overcome, and recommends that the General Assembly again consider legislation to increase the recovery and recycling of bags and film.

Cited from Plastics Recycling Update