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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is a well-known and long-established fact that waste is exported to countries where, because of their economic or political dependence, they merely collect rather than actually dispose of the leftovers from what richer societies consume.
The more developed countries’ inability to recycle has also produced paradoxical situations of economic dependence on certain resources. One example is ferrous metals. It first happened in relation to eastern Europe and then in relation to developing countries. These countries have learnt to create new wealth from the waste, although often at the expense of serious harm to the environment.
The Blokland report is – quite rightly – concerned about the environmental soundness of transporting waste, which is an operation that cannot and must not be managed according to free trade principles. Water tables, river basins and the atmosphere know no administrative or state boundaries, because the planet does not function in closed compartments.
The report marks a step forwards in limiting, if not eliminating, environmental fraud; in improving notification of the hazards of transported waste; in improving environmentally sound disposal processes; and in upholding the principle of the sovereignty of individual countries, guaranteeing each one the right to accept waste or not."@en1
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