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". – Mr President, as Mr Collins so rightly points out, waste management is a huge market. Indeed, it is the biggest environmental market, accounting each year for around EUR 44 billion and 0.5 to 0.6% of Community GDP. Moreover, companies whose primary activity is waste management employ between 200 000 and 400 000 people.
In terms of new initiatives, the Commission is currently in the process of developing several that will highlight the potential of the waste market. First, the Sixth Environmental Action Programme in the waste field; this aims to decouple degeneration of waste from economic growth. It announces that the Commission will come forward with thematic strategies on both the sustainable use of resources and on recycling. This will take a long-term look at both questions.
One of the aims of the recycling strategy will be identifying policies and instruments to encourage the creation of markets for recycled materials. Secondly, in addition to the aforementioned thematic strategies, the Commission intends to propose legislative initiatives addressing specific problems such as batteries and packaging waste. Together with legislation on electronic waste and end-of-life vehicles, these initiatives should further boost the waste management markets.
Thirdly, following the Gothenburg European Council, the Commission is in the process of preparing a report on how environmental technology can promote growth and employment. This will be presented to next year's spring European Council.
Finally, the integrated product policy will address issues dealing with design, manufacturing, use and disposal across the whole life cycle of a product and will therefore impact upon waste generation. It is a challenge to demonstrate to Europe's young people the potential for new employment opportunities in this market. Certainly, all stakeholders have, at all levels, a role to play. The Commission can play its role by keeping waste management issues high on the Community policy agenda and providing high quality information. However, it is clear that education remains within the competence of the Member States."@en1
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