Decon '09: It's Time- The BMRA Annual Conference.The Building Materials Reuse Association's is thrilled to announce the 2009 International Conference on Deconstruction, Building Materials Reuse, and Construction and Demolition Materials Recycling. DECON '09 will be held on Tuesday, April 28th through Thursday, April 30th, 2009, on the Campus of the University of Illinois-Chicago Chicago, Illinois. For more information go to http://bmra.org/events/conference

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Request for Application for the 2009-2010 IL Zero Waste Schools Grant Program

Letters to Senators Durbin (PDF) and Burris (PDF) requesting their support for recycling components in the Economic Recovery Package

Connection between Recycling and Climate Change (US EPA)

The Latest Edition of Material Matters November 2008 -- IRA's downloadable newsletter! (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) Recycling and Reuse Act Signed by Governor, A Message from the President, From the Executive Director, Commodity/Waste Generation and Characterization (CWGC) Study, Spotlight on DCEO, Welcome New IRA Members, Member Spotlight: Real Time Freight, And more!

DCE0 FY-09 Grant Round: Request for Application posted for Traditional and Electronics grants. Applications due Dec 22, 2008.

Nomination forms for the 2009 Recycling Awards and 2009 Outstanding High School Environmental Club Awards are now online.

Governor Blagojevich Signs Landmark Recycling and Reuse E-Waste Law (PDF) New law is one of the nation’s most aggressive in protecting the environment and public from toxic substances in electronic wastes and providing incentives for reuse.

Statement on City of Chicago Recycling Program

Want to know how much electronics could be processed in IL if a law were enacted to ban electronics from landfill disposal? Check out the E-Scrap Capacity Report (1.6MB PDF)

The new On-Line Membership Directory has been unveiled. Click here to view the latest information on the current Illinois Recycling Association members.