Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-04-19-Speech-1-141"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-04-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Eco-design requirements for Energy-Using Products2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040419.11.1-141"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-04-19-Speech-1-1422
lpv:speaker	lp:David Robert Bowe2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I would like to focus on one specific issue. We have talked in broad terms of the importance of this report and the importance of the global effects it might have. But let us look at one small issue and how this report could affect it: let us take a look at ink-jet printer cartridges, probably one of the most widely used products in the world. The reality is that all the large manufacturers are using every trick in the book to prevent consumers getting a fair deal, at the same time undermining the need to improve energy efficiency, which is a crucial element in protecting the environment. The manufacturers need this legislation to make them do the right thing. There is big money at stake here. On average a refill cartridge can be sold for about half the price of a new product, and the consumer should have the change to reap the benefits. We need amendments in this report to ensure that those cartridges are refilled. Research carried out by organisations such as the Consumers' Association has highlighted the kinds of tactics adopted by some of these big-name companies. For example, the installation of microchips which suggest that cartridges are empty and even in some cases stop printers working, when in fact they have plenty of ink left. This is a waste of resources and a waste of energy. Surveys demonstrate quite clearly a variety of different costs of different printer operating systems, all brought about by operators using these methods which oblige the consumer to buy printer cartridges over and over again, instead of reusing and refilling. If we can build into the new eco-design legislation a requirement that cartridges must be refillable and recyclable, it will be a major step forward in both protecting the rights of the consumer and benefiting the environment."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	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 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Bowe (PSE )."1

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