Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-02-02-Speech-4-338-843"
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"en.20120202.31.4-338-843"2
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"Each year, a whopping 2 billion tonnes of waste, including 40 million tonnes of special waste, is generated in the EU, which is an enormous amount, particularly in view of our population. If we continue along this path, the rising disposal costs will soon mean that we will be drowning in our own waste. Alternatively, we could follow the US model and simply ship our waste electrical and electronic equipment to the developing world as ‘development aid’. In addition, many materials can only be recycled to a limited extent because they can only undergo the recycling process a limited number of times. In other cases, only a small proportion can be recycled. It is of central importance that we should take control of downcycling, the practice of transporting or illegally storing waste throughout Europe. What might be helpful, therefore, is the combination of an increase in recycling rates together with strict controls on exports of electronic waste and a shifting of the cost burden on to those who cause the waste. Even more important are preventive measures to avoid waste, something that is not given enough consideration in the report. Ordering everyone to use energy-saving bulbs has actually generated more waste, not less. In addition, the amount of hazardous waste produced by nuclear power stations should not be underestimated, while the final resting place of this waste is still undecided. On account of these considerations, I have abstained from voting."@en1
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