Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-02-Speech-1-060"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Packaging and packaging waste2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020902.6.1-060"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-02-Speech-1-0612
lpv:speaker	lp:Eluned Morgan2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I have recently started to take a keen interest in waste issues, not simply because of the environmental needs of saving our planet's resources, but also because I represent Wales, a region which has one of the worst records on waste in the EU. 97% of our waste is landfilled. At last the people in my country are starting to take the issue seriously, but coming from such a long way behind we need to be realistic about how quickly countries such as the UK and Spain can catch up with nations such as Germany which have already set the pace. It will take years for the UK to approve the planning permission that will be necessary to build the plants in order to meet these targets. It will take years for local authorities to follow public procurement rules. It will take huge efforts to persuade the public to separate their rubbish and it will take ages to develop a market for recyclets. That is why we need an extra two years to implement the rule change as agreed in committee. I am delighted to see that the Council of Ministers have agreed to set relatively high standards in the whole area of recovery and recycling. I am pleased to see that the committee has agreed to the suggestion of harmonising data collection in this field, so we can be really sure we are comparing like with like across Member States. We must put pressure on business to reduce unnecessary packaging. We have seen time and time again that voluntary agreements in the business world are rarely honoured. That is why a compulsory reduction in packaging for goods should be agreed to. An environmental indicator to measure packaging has certain merits, but so far no one has managed to explain to me exactly how this would work and I therefore have reservations about writing into European law a system that does not yet exist. I hope that we all take our responsibilities seriously. The governments need to take their responsibility for waste seriously, but so do all of us as individuals."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; CONT (2002-01-17--2003-09-21)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Morgan (PSE )."1

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph