8 Amendments of Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA related to 2015/0275(COD)
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The circular economy sector has an enormous job creation potential. Member States should ensure that labour standards are not lowered as a result of the resource transition, which should be based on the creation of quality jobs.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Commission and Member States should develop measures to guarantee the sustainable recovering of landfill area or landfill damaged area;
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) It is necessary to take into account the Food and Agriculture Organization reports entitled “Food wastage footprint: Full-cost accounting” and "Food wastage footprint: Impacts on natural resources “ in order to better assess the real costs of food waste and bear in mind the best practices in this field.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) In order to achieve the objectives of this Directive, the Commission should promote the coordination and exchange of information and best practices both between Member States, civil society organizations, regional and local authorities and social partners including trade-unions, and the waste industry. This could be achieved through the establishment of communication platforms.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Union funds that are allocated to support the transition to the circular economy could therefore be used for research programmes on the treatment of hazardous waste. Extended producer responsibility schemes should be applied for any hazardous waste putting the burden on the producer of this kind of waste that should be the responsible of their collection and environmental costs.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) The Union is one of the larger importers of raw materials of the world; the circular economy is an opportunity to reduce our dependency on imports; this could lead to a reduction of many conflicts at global level, a better environmental performance and to the development of a more resilient European industry.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) The Commission should promote support measures for small establishments or undertakings in order to be able to achieve goals set.
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - indent 5 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - indent 5 a (new)
- promote the production of organic fertilizers and environmental efficient uses of food wastage, animal by-products and bio-waste such as worm composting.