16 Amendments of Ivars IJABS related to 2020/2077(INI)
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that research into green chemistry, sustainable materials, processes, technologies and products, as well as into their industrial scale-up, can provide European companies with a worldwide competitive advantage; believes that shortening a number of value chains would make European industrial ecosystems more resilient, competitive and profitable, as well as promote the EU’s strategic autonomy;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to steer the activities of the Horizon Europe program towards supporting research and innovation to increase efficiency of industrial processes, develop innovative and sustainable products, processes, technologies and services and non- technological solutions for the circular economy, particularly in the areas of circular industries and circular bio-based solutions.
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that sustainable low- carbon products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework; emphasises the specific role that SMEs and start-ups play in the transition to a circular economy;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Believes that the objectives of the Horizon Europe programme should include: - developing affordable breakthrough innovations and deploying a combination of advanced technologies and processes and innovative solutions so as to extract maximum value from all Resources; - enabling bioeconomy through bio-based innovation encompassing the sustainable sourcing, industrial processing and conversion of biomass from land and sea into bio-based materials and products; - fostering systemic eco-innovative solutions, new business models, markets and investments, enabling infrastructure, social innovation changes in consumer behaviour, and governance models stimulating multi-stakeholder collaboration through the whole value chain to ensure that the intended system change achieves better outcomes;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Emphasises the role that the Knowledge and Innovation Communities within the framework of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology play by bringing together universities, research organizations and businesses, in particular SMEs, in developing innovative solutions for and initiatives on circular economy which should be one of the key tools to reach European Green Deal goals.
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the need to promote high-quality recycling and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loops; Calls on the Commission to set same chemicals safety requirements for virgin and recycled materials to ensure the level playing ground in the EU;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes the Commission´s intention to propose a target on food waste reduction; Underlines the need to maximise value of biomass including by increasing separation of organic waste and by improving its management; Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure high levels of separation of organic waste and to incentives returns of nutrients from organic waste back to the soils, its use for production of renewable energy, green chemicals and other products where feasible and environmentally beneficial.
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the health and environmental impacts of processes and outputs of new recycling and recovery technologies are thoroughly evaluated at the industrial level prior to their incentivisation while guaranteeing transparency on the evaluation procedure and conclusions;
Amendment 97 #
3d. Underlines that Member States must move away from landfilling and incineration of waste, in line with the waste hierarchy; calls on the Commission to define a common EU-wide approach for the management of residual waste, including the codification of "pre- treatment" and the goals of biological treatment.
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises the role that the Knowledge and Innovation Communities within the framework of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology play by bringing together universities, research organizations and businesses, in particular SMEs, in developing innovative solutions for and initiatives on circular economy which should be one of the key tools to reach European Green Deal goals.
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to facilitate investment in the recycling of Critical Raw Materials, especially rare earth elements, by supporting demonstrations between research performing organisations and industry
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to support a digital transition that builds on maximising the value of data and deploying digitally- enabled solutions to permitin order to create sustainable and safe secondary raw materials markets, enable the sustainable use of resources and to maintain the value of products and materials for as long as possible.
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that artificial intelligence can be an enabler and accelerator of the transition to a circular economy helping to unlock circular economy opportunities by improving design, operating business models, and optimising infrastructure, boost developments of completely new circular products and businesses and help traditional players in their transition to become more circular.
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recognises that digitalisation has an important role to play in enhancing the application of circular economy principles. Urges the Commission and the Member States to maximise and fully exploit the synergies between digitalisation and circular economy in order to, inter alia, reduce energy- intensive extraction of raw materials and increase the resilience and sustainability of the EU's economy; considers that early development of digital tools in the context of circular economy will help the EU to become global leader in using digitally- enabled Solutions; at the same time, the Commission and the Member States should introduce a digital reviews of the circular economy transition and a sustainability reviews of the digital transition in order to prevent negative externalities.
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses that the achievement of clean and safe material cycles is prerequisite for creation of credible secondary raw materials market in EU; Believes that the SCIP Database established by the ECHA will stimulate innovation in the industry; Calls on the Commission to extend the scope of the database to all substances of concern;
Amendment 161 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Believes that the transition towards circular economy will help to retain value in the EU; Calls on the Commission to propose further restrictions and measures on exports of waste to third countries, in order to decrease the life–cycle emissions of products and material losses;