6 Amendments of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2011/2068(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Draws attention to the fact that each year the EU generates recyclable waste such as paper, glass, plastic, aluminium and steel to the value of EUR 5.25 billion, while recycling all this could avoid the annual release of 148 million tonnes of CO2,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that better urban waste management would avoid the release of 92 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 (compared with 1995), while more than 500 000 jobs would be created in Europe if Member States recycled 70% of their waste;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that the EU will need to support more research, innovation and development activities if it is to ensure the improvement in the medium term of the availability and performance of the technologies required for more efficient resource use and greater economic competitiveness;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, given that climate change has created a shortage of drinking water, to adopt, by 30 June 2012, a Union strategy and action plan for the protection and efficient use of drinking water;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in the context of the next framework programme for research, to develop a programme for research and innovation in the field of new substances and materials and materials which could in the future replace existing raw materials now characterised by shortages;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the need to invest in the recycling of raw materials and rare earths, given that the mining, refining and recycling of rare earths have severe environmental consequences unless they are properly managed;