This list is maintained by the IFSCC Policy Committee.
Last updated July 14, 2025.
2025
Senate Resolution 100: Declares the week of May 4 – 10, 2025 as “Compost Awareness Week” in IL.
House Resolution 195: Declares the week of May 4 – 10, 2025 as “Compost Awareness Week” in IL.
Cook County Consent Resolution 25-2809: Declares the week of May 4 – 10, 2025 as International Compost Awareness Week in IL.
2024
Senate Bill 2876 (Solid Waste Event Facilities; Villa): Requires event facilities with a maximum occupancy of at least 3,500 people to provide for the recycling and transfer of recyclable materials and for the composting of organic waste, which will be collected separately from recyclable materials (last year’s HB 1370).
2023
Senate Resolution 62: Declares the week of May 7 – 13, 2023 as “Compost Awareness Week” in IL.
House Bill 3277: Allows for incidental sales of finished compost without requiring a permit.
Senate Bill 1555: Creates Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment Act, which establishes a task force to study and make recommendations regarding packaging and paper products stewardship/extended producer responsibility.
House Bill 2878: Includes language that encourages all State agencies and local governments to use finished compost/“compost products” in land maintenance activity projects (originally introduced as HB2569).
2022
Senate Resolution 706: Declares the week of May 1 through May 7, 2022 as “Compost Awareness Week” in IL.
2021
PA 102-0444: Permanently moves the DCEO recycling program to IEPA.
2019
House Resolution 109: Declares November 2019 as Food Pantry Donation Month to raise a greater awareness of food insecurity and its impact on Illinois residents.
Public Act 101-0510: Prohibits local governments from banning consumer use of personal containers for food purchases.
Public Act 101-0484: Adds conservation of soil health, preservation of organic matter in soil and plants, water quality, and extreme weather resilience as soil and water conservation district purposes.
Executive Order 2019-006: Orders the State to join the US Climate Alliance and commit to Paris Climate Agreement principles.
2018
Public Act 100-0951: Requires IDOT to conduct 2 pilot demonstrations using compost-amended soil prior to 12/31/2019 and to report results to ILGA by 12/31/2020; repealed by design 1/1/2022; report not submitted.
Public Act 100-0709: Requires certain agencies adopt donation policies for excess food procured with State funds.
2017
Public Act 100-0094: Allows the Lake County landscape waste transfer station created in 2015 to accept food scraps without going through local siting process (enacted after expiry of 2015 bill).
2016
Public Act 99-0552: Provides that a public entity shall not enter into a contract to purchase food with a bidder or offeror if the bidder’s or offeror’s contract terms prohibit the public entity from donating food.
2015
Public Act 99-0011: Allows organic waste drop off facilities, creating infrastructure.
Public Act 99-0440: Extends 2014 pilot; adds a 3d location in Lake County; develops organic waste haul infrastructure.
Public Act 99-0306: Extends the state’s policy of supporting national recycling labeling laws to composting and biodegradable materials.
Public Act 99-0034: Required state agencies responsible for maintaining public lands to determine if incorporating compost materials would reduce runoff and increase infiltration and report findings to the ILGA by 12/15/2015; not completed.
2014
Public Act 98-0146: Allows two landscape-waste transfer stations to pilot food scraps collection with yard waste.
Public Act 098-0731: Authorizes MWRD to accept food scraps and other organics to help generate renewable energy and to sell the renewable energy resources generated.
2013
Public Act 98-0239: Creates opportunities for urban and suburban farmers to bring material from off site for composting and for community gardens to compost.
2010
Public Act 96-0418: Allows Illinois yard waste composting facilities to add food scraps and avoid the state’s siting process if food scraps constitute no more than 10% of the total volume handled at the facility.