Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-04-10-Speech-3-100"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-04-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020410.4.3-100"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-04-10-Speech-3-1012
lpv:speaker	lp:Dorette Corbey2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"The PvdA [Dutch Labour Party] Eurodelegation would like to state the following: 1. The PvdA delegation warmly supports the directives on electrical and electronic waste. The environmental objectives should be paramount in these directives. We therefore endorse all the amendments designed to reinforce the environmental objective. 2. The Netherlands is one of the few countries which has experience of collecting electrical waste. Producers must be encouraged to design with the environment in mind, but this is much broader than recycling. In addition, producers must be individually responsible. But different makes of TV sets, hairdryers, electric toothbrushes or hand blenders hardly differ in terms of recyclability. Individual funding is, therefore, not obviously better than collective solutions. Collective systems have, in fact, major advantages: they are less bureaucratic and more practical. There is no need, therefore, to reserve collective systems only for exceptional circumstances. 3. My final point concerns the waste disposal fee. In our view, environmental costs should be incorporated into the price of the product – but these are more transparent if it is mentioned separately. Moreover, visibility enhances consumer awareness. This is of major importance, for in order to achieve the environmental goals, the cooperation of the consumer is required. Finally, a visible waste disposal fee is significant in connection with competition laws."@en1

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