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"I voted in favour of updating the legislation on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) because I still remember when we were working on the legislation during the last electoral term. My colleague, Mr Florenz, was rapporteur at the time, and I would like to congratulate him for the successful way in which he has continued to deal with this important issue. The report was one of Parliament’s most important achievements in that electoral term, and it is good that it is now being brought up-to-date.
Thanks to legal reform, more and more electronic equipment is being repaired and recycled, something which, in the past, could not even be realised in practice. As I said during the previous WEEE debate, this is exactly how we can ensure that product design is environmentally friendly, and thus guarantee the feasibility of the whole directive. When producers know that they will eventually have to pay for the final phases of the equipment, costs are minimised beforehand, and they will ensure that as little waste as possible is generated and that this small amount is as recyclable as possible. In this way, the entire chain of producers, importers, traders, consumers, waste management operatives and recycling centres, as well as the authorities, are all accountable, just as they should be."@en1
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