Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-02-12-Speech-1-115"

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dcterms:Date	"2007-02-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Waste - Waste recycling (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070212.14.1-115"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-02-12-Speech-1-1162
lpv:speaker	lp:Bogusław Sonik2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2005-03-02--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2005-04-28--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2005-10-12--2008-01-15)3 member; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Platforma Obywatelska (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2005-03-09--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the European economy is creating huge quantities of industrial waste and increasing amounts of domestic waste. On average, each person is responsible for almost half a tonne of waste each year. The most effective and long-term method of solving the problem of waste is not to create it in the first place. Our wasteful and inefficient methods of exploiting natural resources are having a huge impact on the environment. We can, however, effectively counter this by taking preventative action: reducing the quantity of waste, re-using products and re-processing waste into secondary raw materials, in other words, recycling. I would like to draw your attention to a particularly striking proposal in the report on which we are voting. The proposal is to re-classify installations that thermally neutralise waste into waste recovery installations. Reclassifying waste incinerators will mean that in the eyes of the law, the transportation of waste for incineration between Member States will become legal, as it is legal to transport waste that is subject to recovery. This will lead to a significant influx of waste to the new from the richer Member States, where waste incineration is considerably more costly. Nine new waste incinerators, currently in the planning stage, may be set up with European Union funding. This would constitute using EU funds in a way that is exceedingly harmful to the environment and to society. We cannot have a situation where a number of poorer states become a bonfire for waste from the whole of Europe, emitting vast quantities of carbon dioxide in the process. But that is exactly the situation provided for by Amendments 116, 133 and 135. Waste incineration contributes to climate change and pollutes the environment. It also increases our dependence on the import of valuable raw materials that could be obtained through recycling. A similar position was adopted by four environmental ministers of the Vyšehrad Group in May 2006. For this reason I appeal to all Members of this House to take these reservations into account, and not to vote for the change in the classification of waste."@en1

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