3 Amendments of Kathleen VAN BREMPT related to 2013/2113(INI)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the existing legislation does not result in consistent application of the waste hierarchy aspired to, as a very large proportion of potentially reusable or recyclable plastic goes to waste, being incinerated; whereas a ban on dumping plastic waste will not by itself lead to the desired recovery of raw materials if these volumes are then taken to incinerators;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas, in 2010, no fewer than 95.5 billion plastic carrier bags were placed on the market in the EU as a whole and the majority of them – 92% – were intended to be used only once;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the most dangerous plastics, those that are the most disruptive to human health and the environment (such as micro- and oxo-biodegradable plastics) and those which contain heavy metals that can also make recycling processes more difficult, should be phased out of the market or banned outright, as soon as possible before 2020; also believes that, as demanded by a majority of European citizens (and consumers), it is finally time to phase out or ban single-use, non- biodegradable and non-compostable plastic products, also before 2020which should be done in 2016 at the latest;