Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-15-Speech-2-040"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Electrical and electronic equipment2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010515.3.2-040"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-15-Speech-2-0412
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	co-chair; EDD (2001-01-30--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; ECON (2000-02-02--2002-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, at present, 90% of electronic waste in the EU is being dumped or incinerated without pre-treatment. This means that 36 tonnes of mercury, 16 tonnes of cadmium and countless dioxins and furans end up in the environment in an uncontrolled manner. In addition, appliances which contain a lot of glass, such as television sets, produce a negative energy yield during incineration. Moreover, hazardous substances evaporate or leak when electronic waste is dumped. I therefore welcome the two European Directives that address these problems. I am also pleased that ambitious percentage levels are being established for recycling. However, in this connection, we should bear in mind that recycling is only more environmentally friendly if the waste is pre-treated. Furthermore, the success of the Directive stands or falls with the extent to which electronic waste is collected. Partly because the quantity of waste is ever increasing, we need to establish a percentage level here too as quickly as possible. The return of electronic waste free of charge will be a good incentive. The principle underlying producer responsibility is of key importance. Indeed, it allows to some extent for re-use and recycling at the end of the life-cycle to be taken into consideration during the manufacture of electronic equipment. Needless to say, I could not agree more with the rapporteur on the point that full re-use should remain possible. However, the risk of electronic waste being dumped in countries outside the European Union under the pretext of re-use is not hypothetical. That is why the Member States need to ensure that only usable electrical and electronic equipment which will actually be re-used is exported to countries outside the EU, as I have proposed in one of my amendments. Another amendment concerns the exceptions deleted by the rapporteur from Annex 1 to the Directive restricting hazardous substances. These exceptions need to be retained, since they not only concern the medical sector, but are also indispensable and irreplaceable for scientific research in the chemical and physics sectors."@en1

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