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I voted in favour of the adoption of a new European directive on batteries and accumulators and on the management of their waste.
This is a text with a twin objective in an area in which the disparities between the 25 Member States are huge: on the one hand, to make batteries and accumulators cleaner by substantially restricting any traces of heavy metals such as cadmium and mercury in them and, on the other, more effectively to organise the collection and recycling of these products.
Belgium can, I might add, take pride in a system serving as a model in Europe: the country has a 59% collection rate, where a large number of Member States are languishing at rates below 10%.
By drawing inspiration from the successful experiments carried out by the Member States, this directive sets ambitious targets in terms of collection: 40% after six years and 60% in ten years’ time.
These are targets that cannot be achieved without a balanced policy taking account of the economic chain from every angle and including in the economic chain’s scope each and every actor: from the producer to the consumer, via the distributors.
This is a basic rule so that, in future, we can produce better and collect more in Europe, for the sake of the environment and consumers."@en1
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