Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-02-03-Speech-4-388-000"
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"Eight years after the adoption of the directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment, the European Parliament is once again giving its opinion on the important issue of recycling high-tech equipment waste. Despite undeniable improvements in the treatment, recovery and disposal of this type of waste (of the 5.8 tonnes of waste produced per person per year in Europe, it accounts for a tiny 20 kilograms per person on average), progress still needs to be made. I therefore welcome the adoption, this lunchtime, of the Florenz report, which strengthens the European Commission’s objective of achieving an 85% collection rate and a 50-75% recycling rate, depending on the type of waste, throughout the Union in 2016. How could one possibly overlook, for example, the importance of recovering the precious materials contained in a whole range of equipment: one tonne of mobile phones contains around 280 grams of gold and 140 grams of platinum and palladium! This is good economic sense being used to protect the environment. In the same spirit, I supported the five-year exclusion of solar panels from the framework of the directive. I believe this is an excellent way of promoting this clean technology."@en1
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