Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-02-03-Speech-4-380-000"
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"en.20110203.25.4-380-000"2
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"Currently, waste electrical and electronic equipment represents the fastest-growing waste stream in the European Union. This fact entails several other matters which require an efficient solution. First and foremost, we need to take account of the effects of recycling this equipment improperly on protecting health and the environment. Another challenge is to reduce the level of loss of materials – their recovery means that industry regains valuable secondary materials – and the necessity of intensifying the collection and proper treatment of waste.
According to data collected by the European Commission, currently around 85% of electronic waste is being collected. Despite the fact that as much as 65% of the equipment which is sold is subsequently collected, little more than 30% of used electrical and electronic equipment is being treated in line with the directive’s stipulations. Therefore, it is difficult not to agree with the rapporteur that it is the Member States which are responsible for correctly implementing the directive and establishing effective control procedures for the storage and processing of waste equipment. It is clearly incumbent on the Member States, the producers of new equipment and consumers to try to achieve higher collection rates by every conceivable means.
I voted in favour of adopting the report, which is designed to increase the rate of separated collection, to reduce the loss of waste equipment and to prevent illegal shipment, and also to ensure appropriate high-quality treatment of this kind of waste."@en1
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