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"I would like to welcome the outcome of the negotiations with the Council on the use of phosphates and other phosphorous compounds in household laundry detergents. I think that these measures for limiting the phosphorus content per dose of detergent must be linked, without fail, to improving not only the treatment of waste water, but also agricultural methods, since agriculture itself is a source of phosphorus for surface water.
The proposal made by the rapporteur for us to also focus our attention on the practicality of banning phosphates and the possible consequences such a ban would have for industrial detergents is particularly welcome if we really want to clean up Europe’s water. However, we must be realistic and acknowledge that this step is not possible at the moment, either from a technical or economic perspective.
Nevertheless, I think that there needs to be greater investment in identifying alternatives to using phosphates and other phosphorous compounds in detergents so that we can achieve the objectives of protecting the environment and public health more effectively.
However, I would like to point out that our efforts must not stop here and that we must promote this approach to limiting the phosphate content in detergents in non-EU countries as well."@en1
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