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"This report has some positive elements, particularly the denouncement of abusive situations, whilst also tabling proposals intended to reduce and realise the so-called ‘waste hierarchy’. However, we would stress the mistaken perspective of almost exclusively making individuals responsible for the environmental situation we are experiencing, which is a panacea that will not resolve this systemic problem on its own, the argument being that waste management is a public responsibility for private profits; it is certainly interesting that it praises two multinationals responsible for such management in two or three Member States, without relating their extraordinary profits, or the increase in complaints throughout Europe. There is still no distinction between toxic and normal waste, which means there are no restrictions in place to control the pollution rates of large companies, on the basis of studies that consider the average waste produced per ‘individual’, putting families and businesses into the same category. Waste management is fundamental to protecting the environment and human health. However, we are not forgetting that serious environmental problems do not result from isolated acts, but rather result from the capitalist system, which does not consider the means it uses to seek maximum profit."@en1
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