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"Mr President, I welcome this directive and thank the rapporteur for his hard work.
This will mean that electric and electronic waste will have to be collected and recycled instead of dumped – as in my own country – with negative effects on the environment. Producers need to be responsible for their own products to ensure that future products live up to a more environmentally responsible design. For example, the insides of televisions can now be made completely of plastic instead of plastic and metal, making them easier to recycle. Such producers should be rewarded for designing to reduce waste at competitive prices. Consumers need to be involved in this process in order for the directive to be a success. Easy access to collection systems is absolutely essential and consumers must be able to return products free of charge.
Making producers responsible for their own brand products will lead to improvements of design and have a direct effect on the costs. The loosely-framed common position must be tightened up to discourage free-riders who do not take responsibility for their own waste. Here I welcome the amendment on orphan waste products.
Finally, it is vital to have comparable rules implemented in all Member States. Otherwise we will simply have chaos."@en1
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