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"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I too should like to begin by congratulating the rapporteurs Mrs Jackson and Mr Blokland on their excellent work.
49% of urban waste in the EU is deposited in landfill sites. 18% is incinerated and only 33% is taken for recycling or composting. The European Environment Agency predicts that there will be around 40% more paper, glass and plastic waste by 2020. Against this backdrop, the revised Waste Framework Directive should help reduce the environmental and socio-economic impact of waste management, by taking account of the whole lifecycle of products and materials and by attaching priority to protecting human health.
The reduction, prevention, reuse and recycling of waste should be priority issues. The Commission must take the lead in drawing up an action plan for waste prevention that could act as a source of information for the Member States as they draw up their prevention programmes. The Member States should take measures to stabilise waste production by 2012. For this to happen, manufacturers and importers must take on greater responsibility for the waste generated when their products are placed on the market, pursuant to the polluter pays principle.
The thematic strategy refers to the need to clarify concepts. To this end, I have tabled two amendments, in which I have sought to clarify the definitions of recovery and elimination of waste, which I trust will be adopted by Parliament. As regards dangerous waste, Parliament recently adopted REACH. It is now up to the Member States to adopt the measures needed for the collection, production and transport of dangerous waste, and for ensuring that the waste is stored and processed in the best possible conditions in terms of safety, environmental protection and public health protection."@en1
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