Activities of Karl-Heinz FLORENZ related to 2014/2208(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy (debate) DE
Amendments (14)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas an excessivunsustainable use of resources is the root cause of various environmental hazards, such as climate change, desertification, deforestation and loss of biodiversity; whereas the global economy uses the equivalent of 1.5 planets’ worth of resources to produce global output and absorb waste and this figure is estimated to reach the equivalent of two planets’ worth of resources by the 2030s;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that resource scarcity requires an absolute decoupling of growth from the use of natural resources ‒ a systemic change which requires backcasting the actions needed from a 2050 sustainability perspective;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a lead indicator and a number of sub-indicators on resource efficiency, including ecosystem services; these binding; these indicators should measure resource consumption, including imports and exports, at EU, Member State and industry level and take account of the whole lifecycle of products and services;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to set a non- binding target to increase resource efficiency at EU level by 30 % by 2030 and individual targets for each Member State;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. UrgesCalls on the Commission to propose a review offurther look into the Ecodesign Directive by the end of 2016, incorporating the following important changes: broadening the scope to cover all main product lines; gradually including all relevantand to evaluate the idea of resource- efficiency features in the mandatory requirements for product design; introducing a mandatory product passport based on these requirements; implementing self- monitoring and third-party auditing to ensure that products comply with these standards; and defining horizontal requirements on, inter alia, reusability and recyclabilitycriteria as well as the idea to broaden its scope to not only cover energy-related products;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission to submit the announced proposal on the review of waste legislation by the end of 2015 and to include the following points: setting extended producer responsibility requirement, carefully applying the waste hierarchy, and to include the following points: developing waste prevention measures; setting minimum extended producer responsibility requirements to ensure transparency and cost effectiveness of the EPR schemes; endorsing the ‘pay-as-you- throw-principle’ prioritisingfor residual waste combined with separate collection schemes in order to facilitate the development of business based on the reusehigh quality of srecondary rawycling materials; increasing recycling and preparing for reuse targets to at least 70 % of municipal solid waste, based on the output of recycling facilitiesa solid reporting method preventing the reporting of discarded waste (landfilled or incinerated) as recycled waste, using the same harmonised method for all Member States with externally verified statistics; introducing a ban on landfilling recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 andfollowed by a ban on all landfilling by 2030;of recoverable waste by 2030; calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to introducinge fees on landfilling and incineration;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges the Commission to ensure that existing waste legislation and its targets are properly implemented and that Member States increase the efforts to reach existing targets and to establish measures to support Member States to put in place the right instruments to achieve the targets within the deadlines;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Highlights that, in order to make best use of available waste management capacities in the EU, better planning and information sharing is necessary to avoid overcapacities and therefore - at least as a transitional measure - tolerating more waste shipment within the EU towards the most modern and efficient installations, while combatting illegal exports;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to propose a regulatory frameworkevaluate the possibilities for urban mining in existing landfills and to develop an environmental permit system for the recycling industry based on self- monitoring and external auditing;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission to propose compulsorydevelop guidance for effective green public procurement procedures; considers that reused, repaired, remanufactured, refurbished and other resource-efficient products and solutions are to be preferred in all public procurement, and if they are not preferred, the ‘comply or explain’ principle should apply;
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to establish a cross-sectorial, inter-DG sustainable financing working group in order to include the resource-efficiency indicators in company-level integrated reporting and accounting while respecting the confidentiality of certain business information; further calls on the Commission to examine how to incorporate resource-efficiency and environmental risks in, inter alia, credit ratings and capital requirements of banks, to develop a comprehensive insurance system for environmental hazards and to set out information requirements for investment products;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to develop measures to incentivise and facilitate the development of markets for high quality secondary raw materials and the development of business based on the reuse of secondary raw materials;
Amendment 455 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that all EU funding, including funding through EFSI, Horizon 2020, cohesion funds and the EIB, must be in line with the waste hierarchy, must promote investment in waste management options at the top of the waste hierarchy (prevention, reuse and recycling) and must be mobilised to promote resource efficiency and urges the Commission to abolishphase out all environmentally harmful subsidies;
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Urges the Commission to examine whether existing legislation is hindering the circular economy or the emergence of new business models, such as a lease economy or sharing/collaborative economy, and to address these barriers;