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"Numerous petitions submitted recently to the European Parliament highlight that an ever increasing number of local communities are concerned that waste management is becoming a major political and social problem. The very credibility of EU legislation is at stake.
The waste industry in the European Union is a public responsibility, frequently managed by private interests and multinational companies, which handles 60% of household waste and 75% of waste from businesses, with an annual turnover of EUR 75 billion. This is precisely why the European Commission must propose clearer and more specific criteria for locating environmentally-friendly landfills and their proximity to residential areas, schools or hospitals.
I supported the position of the rapporteur precisely because of the measures to combat any infiltration of the waste management system by organised crime and to prevent any links between organised crime and the waste industry or public authorities.
Another important proposal made in the report is that, after allocating the waste treatment funds to companies, the local and/or national authorities must implement effective financial monitoring of the use of these funds."@en1
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