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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Incineration of waste2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000314.12.2-265"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-14-Speech-2-2662
lpv:speaker	lp:Jill Evans2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would also like to congratulate Mr Blokland on this report which will set Europe-wide standards for incineration, including for the first time emission standards for dioxins and furanes; this should lead to more competition between different methods of waste disposal, and as a result help bring to an end the transport of hazardous waste across Europe in search of the cheapest waste operators. With the predicted increase in incineration, it is vital that overall EU legislation on waste disposal and on air quality is consistent and comprehensive. We must look at the whole hierarchy. Incineration may increase as stricter controls are put on landfill, but it does not go hand in hand with recycling and environmentally friendly waste-disposal methods. Building new incinerators is a costly and long-term venture which in turn has to have a long-term return for the investors, so it would be in their interests for waste to continue to be burned. This means that there is a danger of over capacity which will lead to encouraging incineration for reasons of profit, rather than encouraging the reduction, recycling and safe treatment of waste, which is our goal. This Parliament must protect the health and quality of life of the people that we represent. There is no safe threshold for dioxin emissions and more research is being done on the effects of micro-particles on human health and the environment. So we have to ensure that there is frequent testing and monitoring, that regular and detailed information is made available to the public, and that real action is taken against breaches of the rules. Measuring emissions twice a year may give an early indication of what is happening in an incineration plant and in the air that the local community is breathing. Measuring once every two years would not do that. So we must set the highest possible standards and not make exceptions which will weaken this very important legislation."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3,3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Plaid Cymru - Parti of Wales (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Evans, Jillian (Verts/ALE )."1

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