5 Amendments of Jolanta Emilia HIBNER related to 2013/2113(INI)
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
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1. Welcomes the Commission’s Green Paper and recognises the need for specific EU legislation on plastic waste, as well as more rigorous implementation of the existing legislation concerning waste;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Stresses that in order to make the EC approach to waste streams more consistent within the framework of the ongoing legislative ‘fitness check’ and given that some 40 % of plastic waste derives from packaging while the packaging directive is the only one with a specific target for plastic waste collection, it is necessary as a matter of urgency to revise that directive by separating the waste norms pertaining to the environmental sphere from the product rules and standards as such that fall under the umbrella of industrial or trade legislation;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Stresses that the EU legislation on plastic waste should define: specific targets for collection and sorting and mandatory criteria for recyclability (clarifying the distinctions between mechanical/organic recycling and recovery/incineration the aim should be a target of at least 75 % of recycled plastic by 2020); specific labelling of materials in order to inform consumers concerning their mechanical or organic recyclability; and, finally, criteria for the replacement of single-use and short-lived plastic products by reusable and more durable materials;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Agrees that plastic waste should be treated as a valuable resource by promoting its reuse, recycling, and recovery; believes that in any case landfilling should be banned by 2020, without, however, incentivising as a result the energy recovery option over recycling; considers that, alongside the targets mentioned above for recycling, it is therefore advisable to introduce appropriate sanctions for incineration of recyclable and biodegradable plastics, in order to level the playing field for different plastic types; points out that this would also invert an unsustainable tendency that has until now privileged the use of virgin products over the more expensive recycled onesother ways in which it can be recovered;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Believes that the most dangerous plastics, those that ar, following extensive consultations, are shown to be 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 2020;