Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today introduced an ordinance that would give Cook County significant new tools and information to increase recycling, prosecute fly-dumping and reduce thefts of metal and other valuable materials from…
In 2012, the Cook County Board approved an ambitious zero waste goal in the Solid Waste Plan Update. The Demolition Debris Diversion Ordinance that was passed July 24th gets us one step closer to attaining that goal.
Today the Cook County Board approved President Preckwinkle’s Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) for suburban Cook County, the first plan generated in 12 years. The SWMP outlines the county’s current level of waste generation