Board of Directors Candidates
The Illinois Recycling Association (IRA) is seeking candidates who are interested in taking an active role
in the Association by serving on its Board of Directors. Click here to download more information. Downloadable forms are here: 020210BoardNomineeForm.docx Email nominations to the IRA office (executivedirector@illinoisrecycles.org) by March 31, 2010.
The Illinois Recycling Association is seeking cost quotes to procure a contractor to develop an online Workplace Recycling Toolkit. The IRA intends to enter into a contract with a qualified and responsible contractor to fulfill the requirements for Task 3 of the current Grant Agreement, Grant # 09-44701, with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO). Interested contractors are invited to submit a quote to perform the Statement of Work as outlined in the PDF (linked below), along with a statement of experience and qualifications for performing this type of project by 12:00 PM CST on Wednesday February 3, 2010.
Download the Request for Quotes: Develop an Online Workplace Recycling Toolkit for more information. (PDF)
The Illinois Recycling Association is selling 2010 calendars for only $5 each. Click here for details.
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Announces Efforts to Advance Composting in Illinois. Read about it here.
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) is pleased to announce that the Illinois Recycling Grants Program has opened its FY2010 grant cycle for both traditional (i.e., fiber, metal, glass, plastic) and electronics (e.g., computers) recycling. We would appreciate any effort you could make to help disseminate this information to your members/contacts. Applications must be received in DCEO's Springfield Office by November 13, 2009. Attached is the program's formal announcement. Please note that the announcement includes a summary of important program changes. Copies of the actual grant Request-for-Applications (RFA) documents may be downloaded from our Web site: www.illinoisrecycles.com.
Through this competitive process grants are available to assist local governments, for-profit, and not-for-profit businesses and organizations with their recycling efforts. Traditional recycling grant funds may be used to purchase project-related capital equipment such as collection, processing or handling equipment and project necessary expansion and modernization costs. Electronics recycling grant funds may be used to set up permanent drop-off and collection facilities; purchase recycling containers; fund project necessary site improvements; and to purchase processing and handling project-related equipment to collect, refurbish, demanufacture, and recycle computers and electronic equipment.
Grant funds are made available from the Illinois Solid Waste Management Fund. The maximum grant amounts for the Traditional Recyclables grant program are $60,000 for collection projects and $120,000 for primary processing projects. For the Computers and Electronics Recycling grant program, the maximum grant is $75,000 for collection and processing projects.
Entities interested in submitting an application for Traditional Recyclables are encouraged to schedule an individual consultation with their regional DCEO representative. Program regions are shown in the attached announcement, but generally contact the following individuals:
Those interested in submitting a Computers and Electronics Recycling application should contact Sam Al-Basha, 217-785-2765, or Sam.Al-Basha@illinois.gov.
Material Matters August 2009
Note From the President, KAB and NRC Propose Combined Operations, llinois Commodity/Waste Generation and Characterization Study Released, "Greening Illinois Together" Illinois Joint Conference 2009 Sponsors, and more
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.
