Activities of José Inácio FARIA related to 2018/2035(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A European Strategy for Plastics in a circular economy - Options to address the interface between chemical, product and waste legislation (debate) PT
Amendments (41)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 16 January 2018 entitled ‘A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy’ (COM(2018)0028),
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
– having regard to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy- related products (hereafter ‘the Ecodesign Directive’) and the implementing regulations and voluntary agreements adopted under that Directive,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)
Citation 2 c (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 16 January 2018 on international ocean governance: an agenda for the future of our oceans in the context of the 2030 SDGs (2017/2055(INI)),
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 d (new)
Citation 2 d (new)
– having regard to the Directive 94/62/EC on Packaging and Packaging Waste and Directive (EU) 2015/720 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 amending Directive 94/62/EC as regards the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 e (new)
Citation 2 e (new)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 f (new)
Citation 2 f (new)
– having regard to the Paris Agreement on climate change and the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UNFCCC,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 g (new)
Citation 2 g (new)
– having regard to the ratification of the Paris Agreement by the EU and the Member States,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 h (new)
Citation 2 h (new)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 i (new)
Citation 2 i (new)
– having regard to the General Union Environmental Action Programme to 2020 (Decision No 1386/2013/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 20 November 2013),
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 j (new)
Citation 2 j (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘An EU action plan for the Circular Economy’ (COM(2015)0614),
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 k (new)
Citation 2 k (new)
– having regard to the Commission’s Ecodesign Working Plan 2016-2019 (COM(2016)0773), particularly the objective of establishing more product- specific and horizontal requirements in areas such as durability, reparability, upgradeability, design for disassembly, and ease of reuse and recycling,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 l (new)
Citation 2 l (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication and the staff working document of 16 January 2018 on the implementation of the circular economy package: options to address the interface between chemical, product and waste legislation (COM(2018)0032),
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 m (new)
Citation 2 m (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 13 September 2017 on the 2017 list of Critical Raw Materials for the EU(COM(2017)0490),
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 n (new)
Citation 2 n (new)
– having regard to the Council conclusions on eco-innovation: enabling the transition towards a circular economy, adopted on18 December 2017,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 o (new)
Citation 2 o (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 9 July 2015 on resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 p (new)
Citation 2 p (new)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas plastic is a valuable material, widely used across all value chains contributing to the sustainability of products due to its innovative properties and competitive costs, which has a useful place in our society and economy;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the way in which plastics are produced and u, used and disposed today has devastating environmental, climate and economic drawbacks and potential health impacts;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the use of plastics for consumer products has become increasingly widespread, and production has steadily increased since the material was first put into wide use half a century ago, resulting in about 322 million tonnes of plastic being manufactured globally in 2015;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas increasing production combined with both changes in the way we use plastic and demographic developments have led to an increase in the amount of plastic debris in the environment; whereas if this trend continues, according to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), almost 33 billion tonnes of plastic will have accumulated by 2050;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas ‘litter’ means waste of small size in publicly accessible areas that has been improperly discarded in the environment (on the land, in fresh water and in the sea), whether wilfully or by negligence;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas the accumulation and dissemination of marine litter may be one of the fastest growing threats to the health of the world’s oceans; whereas microplastics are of particular concern because their small size renders them accessible to a wide range of organisms (seabirds, fish, mussels, lugworms and zooplankton);whereas the estimated 150 million tonnes of plastics that have accumulated in the world’s oceans causes serious environmental and economic damage, including to coastal communities, tourism, shipping and fishing;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas 80 % of marine litter emanates from the land and, therefore, the marine litter problem cannot be tackled effectively over time without first addressing the issues of effective policy and action to reduce and contain litter on the land;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas the most common forms of debris are cigarette filters, plastic bags, and all types of packaging; whereas between 60 % and 90% of marine debris has been manufactured using one or more plastic polymers, such as polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), all of which have an extremely long degradation time; whereas, as a result, the majority of plastics manufactured today will take decades or even centuries to disappear;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B g (new)
Recital B g (new)
Bg. whereas plastic waste causes death and disease to marine wildlife through suffocation, entanglement and intoxication; whereas plastic materials broken up by waves and sunlight to form microparticles that are less than 5 mm in diameter end up in the stomach of marine creatures such as mussels, worms and zooplankton, while nanoplastics that are barely half a millimetre in size penetrate the cell membranes and nuclei of small marine animals; whereas plastic debris that is invisible to the naked eye enters the food chain at its very source;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B h (new)
Recital B h (new)
Bh. whereas until there is an internationally agreed definition of biodegradability, the adoption of plastic products labelled as ‘biodegradable’ will not bring about a significant decrease, either in the quantity of plastic or the risk of physical and chemical impacts on the environment;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas plastic recycling helps to reduce use of fossil fuel and cuts CO2 emissions, in line with commitments under the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 132 #
5. Emphasises that plastics are diverse and have a variety of applications, and that a tailored, often product-specific, approach is thus required for the various value chains, taking into account local and regional demands and ensuring that consumers’ functional needs are met, without compromising the environment with the unnecessary use of plastics where alternative options are available;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to come forward with an update of the essential requirements in the Ecodesign and Packaging and Packaging Waste Directives, which takes into account material properties of each packaging and addressinges in particular: prevention, design for circularity and multiple recycling, as well as over-packaging;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Reiterates the need for a product policy that increases products’ expected lifetime, durability, reusability and recyclability, as stressed in its resolution of 9 July 2015 on ‘Resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy’, and further emphasises that this must urgently be applied to disposable plastic products and packaging;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses the importance of a life- cycle approach to plastics products, including the consideration of the degradation of different polymers and the rate of fragmentation in the environment, to be achieved by internalising the environmental and social costs of products (cost internalisation), enhancing the process of closing the loop in manufacture and process development as well as in life-cycle chains of plastic products;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that mandatory rules on recycled content for specific plastic products may be needed in order to drive the uptake of secondary raw materials;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that single-use plastic items emerged as an answer to the needs for hygiene, consumer safety, product preservation and practicality; Notes that there is no panacea to address the harmful effects to the environment of single-use plastics, and believes that a combination of voluntary and regulatory measures is, therefore, required to resolve this complex issue;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Recognises that restricting single- use plastic will create opportunities for sustainable business models, including the use of alternative materials, such as bio-based materials or materials that can be endlessly recycled without loss of quality;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that there are various pathways to achieving high collection and recycling rates and a reduction in litter, including deposit-refundextended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes for extended producseparate collection of all materials including plastics and, where reslevant, deponsibility (EPR) schemest refund schemes for certain types of packaging; underlines that the choice of a certain scheme remains within the remit of the competent authority in the Member State, which can take local specificities into account and ensure that any existing well-performing and cost- efficient systems are not jeopardised;
Amendment 361 #
24a. Takes the view that pollution by non-reusable plastic bottles is a major cause of marine pollution, and urges the Commission to consider introducing a Europe-wide system of deposits on non- reusable drinks containers, on the German model;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to join and support the international coalition to reduce plastic bags pollution launched at the COP 22 in Marrakech in November 2016;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Calls on the Member States to strengthen education and awareness- raising measures on the use of plastics and the impact of individual consumer behaviour on the environment, by introducing elements into educational curricula at all levels, providing educational and outreach materials targeted at specific interest groups and age ranges in order to promote behavioural change, and organising large-scale information campaigns aimed at the citizens;
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the Commission to include assessments on release of microplastics into the aquatic environment in the ecodesign measures where appropriate;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33b. Calls on the Commission to introduce mandatory requirements for microplastic filters in the review of the ecodesign measures for household washing machines and washer dryers;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls on the Commission to focus investment on innovative technologies which improve waste management, plastic material degradability and the increased quality of recycled plastics, as well as on initiatives to efficient and effective removal of plastics from Ocean waters;