11 Amendments of Martin HOJSÍK related to 2020/2077(INI)
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that research into green chemistry, sustainable materials, processes, technologies and products, as well as into their industrial scale-up, can provide European companies with a worldwide competitive advantage; believes that shortening a number of value chains would make European industrial ecosystems more resilient, competitive and profitable, as well as promote the EU’s strategic autonomy;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that sustainable low- carbon products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework; emphasises the specific role that SMEs and start-ups play in the transition to a circular economy;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of boostingfurther research efforts in the field of chemical recycling which, paired with organic and mechanical recycling, will complete a technology-neutral framework, including its environmental performance, as complementary to mechanical and organic recycling;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the need to promote high-quality recycling and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loops; Calls on the Commission to set same chemicals safety requirements for virgin and recycled materials to ensure the level playing ground in the EU;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Commission to propose measures to ensure transparency and traceability to intra-EU trade in plastic waste, including by digital means and a certification framework to ensure treatment in accordance with circular- economy principles;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes the Commission´s intention to propose a target on food waste reduction; Underlines the need to maximise value of biomass including by increasing separation of organic waste and by improving its management; Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure high levels of separation of organic waste and to incentives returns of nutrients from organic waste back to the soils, its use for production of renewable energy, green chemicals and other products where feasible and environmentally beneficial.
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the health and environmental impacts of processes and outputs of new recycling and recovery technologies are thoroughly evaluated at the industrial level prior to their incentivisation while guaranteeing transparency on the evaluation procedure and conclusions;
Amendment 97 #
3d. Underlines that Member States must move away from landfilling and incineration of waste, in line with the waste hierarchy; calls on the Commission to define a common EU-wide approach for the management of residual waste, including the codification of "pre- treatment" and the goals of biological treatment.
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to support a digital transition that builds on maximising the value of data and deploying digitally- enabled solutions to permitin order to create sustainable and safe secondary raw materials markets, enable the sustainable use of resources and to maintain the value of products and materials for as long as possible.
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses that the achievement of clean and safe material cycles is prerequisite for creation of credible secondary raw materials market in EU; Believes that the SCIP Database established by the ECHA will stimulate innovation in the industry; Calls on the Commission to extend the scope of the database to all substances of concern;
Amendment 161 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Believes that the transition towards circular economy will help to retain value in the EU; Calls on the Commission to propose further restrictions and measures on exports of waste to third countries, in order to decrease the life–cycle emissions of products and material losses;