Cover Photo: Closure activities at the Kankakee Recycling and Disposal Facility, Chebanse, include placement
of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) geo-membrane liner over a six-inch re-compacted clay layer
and a six-inch clay grading layer. The landfill served the waste disposal needs of Kankakee County
exclusively for 30 years. Photo taken by Donna Shehane, Solid Waste & Environmental Manager,
Kankakee County Planning Department, Kankakee
Page 1: $75,000 check presented to Keep Illinois Beautiful organization, Chicago
Page 11: Photo taken at Banner-Western Transfer & Recycling Center, Rockdale, by Tim Anderson,
Inspector, Will County Land Use Department, Waste Services Division, Joliet
Region 1: Poster: “Pitch in! Put Waste in its Place” By Lauren Lee, student, Grower Middle School,
Willowbrook (DuPage County). Winner of Illinois EPA’s School Poetry, Prose and Poster Contest
for 5th and 6th graders.
Region 2: Photos taken at Kankakee Recycling and Disposal Facility, Chebanse, by Donna Shehane, Solid
Waste & Environmental Manager, Kankakee County Planning Department, Kankakee
Region 3: Poster: “Pitch in. Put Waste in its Place: Are You as Smart as They Are?” by Emily Heinz, student,
Hampshire Middle School, Hampshire (Kane County). Winner of Illinois EPA’s School Poetry,
Prose and Poster Contest for 5th and 6th graders.
Region 4: Poster: “Pitch in - Put Waste in its Place” by Adrienne Strohm, student, North Elementary School,
Marshall (Clark County). Winner of Illinois EPA’s School Poetry, Prose and Poster Contest for 5th
and 6th graders.
Region 5: Photo taken of recyclable race car in front of Illinois EPA Headquarters by Robert Wiatrolik,
photographer, Illinois EPA, Springfield
Region 6: Photo taken at Roxana Landfill Inc., Roxana, by Richard Mersinger, Inspector, Madison County
Planning and Development Department, Edwardsville
Region 7: Photo taken of the Honorable Mayor John Rednour, City of DuQuoin, with the city’s Green
Communities visioning award, by Jason Van Zandt, Inspector, Perry County Solid Waste
Department, Pinckneyville
Landfills
Appendices A-D: Photo taken at Southern Illinois Regional Landfill, DeSoto, by Don Terry, Inspector, Jackson
County Health Department, Murphysboro
Transfer Stations
Appendices E-G: Photo taken at Groot Industries/Chicago, by George Hairston, Inspector, Chicago Department of
Environment, Chicago
Compost Sites
Appendices H-J: Photo taken at Thelen Sand & Gravel, Antioch, by Kristy Hecke, Inspector, McHenry County
Department of Health, Woodstock
Solid Waste Planning & Recycling
Appendices K-M: Photo taken of Illinois EPA’s prize-winning float entered in the Illinois State Fair and the
DuQuoin State Fair parades by Robert Wiatrolik, photographer, Illinois EPA, Springfield
Photo Credits
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