Peoria, IL Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

Sec. 13-12 authorizes the director of public works to approve a recycling program in writing, with a copy filed with the city clerk, but only if the recycling contractor meets five standards. The contractor must hold a valid, current scavenger's license issued by the city; must describe the service offered, including dropoff facility locations, materials collected, and the vehicles used; must submit an annual report no later than January 31 stating the amount of recyclable material collected and diverted from landfill disposal and the number of residential and commercial or industrial subscribers from the previous year; must dispose of all collected material in accordance with local, state, and federal law; and must notify the director of public works within five days of terminating its recycling program.

Written approvals are valid only through December 31 of the year they are issued and must be renewed through a new written application; there is no automatic rollover. The director also holds standing authority to revoke any approval if the contractor fails to comply with any of these standards, which functions as the program's primary compliance lever rather than a court fine. This section sits in Chapter 13, Article I, alongside Sec. 13-11's separate ban on unauthorized recyclables collection, and both provisions trace back to Ord. No. 14473, adopted March 24, 1998.