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"Mr President, you cannot dispose of waste by dumping it in the sea, shooting it into space, or by simply incinerating it. It has a habit of reappearing, often in a more harmful form. Incineration can be the cause of illnesses, air pollution, climatic change and a rise in the sea level. A great deal of waste is incinerated these days, but not, in fact, by these expensive installations equipped with flue-gas cleaning devices. These installations are not being brought up to date. In fact, they are closed down if it appears that it is cheaper to co-incinerate waste in the cement industry and in electricity plants. This is why it is important that incineration should cost the same across the board and meet the same high environmental requirements. It is a fact that left and right do not often see eye to eye on many issues – rightly and understandably so – both within and outside this Parliament, as they represent opposing interests and visions of groups in our society. This issue, however, should form an exception. Anyone, rich or poor, must be able to breathe, remain healthy and keep their feet dry. Only a reckless short-term vision and the pursuit of quick profits can explain why attempts are still being made to weaken this directive. Amendments of this kind reduce the directive to rules for those who would poison us and threaten the world with another flood. The Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left therefore supports the proposals made by Mr Blokland and hopes that destructive amendments will be withdrawn or rejected."@en1
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