Illinois packaging and PFAS laws

What it would do: Requires the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to adopt rules within 60 days prohibiting discharge of plastic pellets and preproduction plastic materials from regulated facilities and point sources into wastewater and runoff, and grants emergency rulemaking powers to implement these rules.

What it would do: Requires NPDES permits for major facilities to include periodic sampling of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in influent, effluent, and biosolids, and prohibits land application permits for sludge or biosolids without sample results for these substances.

What it would do: Requires full-service and quick-service restaurants to provide single-use plastic disposable foodware only upon customer request, prohibits plastic packaging of such items, requires condiment dispensers, mandates customer request options for takeout, and imposes $25 daily civil penalties for violations after first notice, effective January 1, 2026.

What it would do: Requires pesticide registrants to disclose whether products contain PFAS chemicals and, if so, provide specific information about them. Prohibits registration and use of pesticides containing intentionally added PFAS beginning January 1, 2027, and prohibits spray adjuvants with intentionally added PFAS beginning January 1, 2030.

What it would do: Requires the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and EPA to monthly test Lake Michigan and Illinois drinking water for microplastics and PFAS, submit monthly reports, and establish an intergovernmental working group to address health effects and elimination strategies, reporting recommendations every six months.

What it would do: Requires retail mercantile establishments that offer single-use plastic checkout bags to charge consumers $0.05 per bag, with fees retained by the establishment. Exempts recycled paper bags used for SNAP, WIC, or similar food assistance purchases and prohibits municipalities from regulating checkout bags.

What it would do: Beginning 18 months after enactment, prohibits stores and food service businesses from providing or selling single-use plastic carryout bags, and prohibits grocery stores from providing or selling single-use paper carryout bags. Preempts home rule regulation of these bags.

What it would do: Requires facilities land applying biosolids in Illinois to test finished biosolids for PFAS annually (quarterly for Exceptional Quality biosolids) and submit results to the EPA at least 14 days before application, with land application restrictions based on PFAS concentration thresholds.

What it would do: Creates a carryout bag fee starting at $0.10 on January 1, 2027, increasing annually to $0.25 by 2030, with further increases if bag usage doesn't decrease 90% by 2030. Prohibits plastic bags for delivery and establishes fee distribution to counties, municipalities, and the state.

What it would do: Establishes extended producer responsibility programs requiring producers of covered materials and beverage containers to fund collection, recycling, composting, and reuse systems through producer responsibility organizations, with performance targets and enforcement mechanisms beginning in 2026.

What it would do: Creates an extended producer responsibility program requiring producers of covered materials and beverage containers to join producer responsibility organizations that implement recycling, composting, reuse, and beverage container redemption programs meeting specified performance targets.

What it would do: Beginning January 1, 2026, prohibits selling, offering for sale, or distributing cookware, cosmetics, dental floss, juvenile products, menstrual products, intimate apparel, or food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS in Illinois. Establishes civil penalties up to $5,000 for first violations and $10,000 for subsequent violations.

What it would do: Prohibits school districts from procuring disposable food service containers made from polystyrene foam after January 1, 2027, and requires vendors to stop providing such containers after January 1, 2028 or contract renewal, whichever is later, instead requiring compostable or recyclable foodware.

What it would do: Creates a beverage container deposit and redemption program requiring consumers to pay 10 cents per container, refundable upon return to dealers or redemption centers, with unclaimed deposits distributed 75% to environmental programs and 25% to distributors.

What it would do: Requires manufacturers to submit information about intentionally added PFAS in products by January 1, 2027, and prohibits sale of specified products containing intentionally added PFAS beginning January 1, 2026, with all products prohibited by January 1, 2033 unless deemed currently unavoidable.

What it would do: Creates the PFAS Fund and establishes a tax on PFAS manufacturers to fund grant and reimbursement programs for eligible entities' PFAS-related costs. The Pollution Control Board must adopt rules specifying which PFAS chemicals are taxed and applicable rates within one year.

What it would do: Beginning January 1, 2026, prohibits selling or distributing juvenile products in Illinois if they contain intentionally added PFAS. Exempts federally preempted products, used products, and medical devices regulated by the FDA.

What it would do: Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act to add thermal conversion to the state's solid waste management hierarchy and defines thermal conversion as the process by which solid feedstock is converted to produce environmentally safe products including liquid fuels, chemicals, and hydrogen.

What it would do: Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to authorize surcharges for water and sewer utilities to recover costs of environmental compliance, including emerging contaminants like PFAS and lead, with periodic reconciliation hearings and rules adoption within one year. Repeals January 1, 2031.

What it would do: Beginning January 1, 2029, prohibits manufacturers from selling single-use plastic beverage containers with plastic caps in Illinois unless the cap matches the container's resin code and is either tethered to prevent separation or has an opening allowing consumption while attached. Violations incur $1,000 civil penalties per day.

What it would do: Beginning 18 months after enactment, prohibits stores and food service businesses from providing or selling single-use plastic carryout bags, and prohibits grocery stores from providing or selling single-use paper carryout bags. Preempts home rule authority over these bags.