HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 6-81 - 1/27/1981 - ADOPT LEGISLATION/SALE OF BEVERAGES RESOLUTION NO. 6-81
A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE ADOPTION OF LEGISLATION REGULATING
THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL SALE OF BEVERAGES IN RETURNABLE CONTAINERS
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village
finds it in the best interests of its citizens and the citizens of the
State of Illinois to limit, control and decrease the creation of non-
returnable container wastes in order to reduce municipal solid waste
collection and sanitary landfill costs for economic and environmental
benefits; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village
does find that regulating the wholesale and retail sale of beverages in
returnable containers will foster and promote these benefits in the Village
of Elk Grove Village and throughout the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village
does find that such regulation is most effective when adopted on a regional
or statewide basis; and
WHEREAS, studies conducted in other states where legislation regulating
the sale of beverages in returnable containers has been adopted indicate
that such legislation effectively reduces beverage container litter as well
as the volume of solid waste generated and the costs of solid waste disposal .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Cook County, jillinois, that it
urgently recommends that the General Assembly of the State of Illinois
adopt legislation requiring beverages containers sold in Illinois to be
returnable with a refundable deposit; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be transmitted forthwith
to the Illinois State Legislators of the third District, to Governor James
Thompson and the municipalities which are members of the Northwest Municipal
Conference.
PASSED this _27th day of January 1981 .
APPROVED this 27th day ()f January 1981 .
Village res' nt
ATTEST:
Village Clerk