Activities of Matteo SALVINI related to 2014/2208(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy (A8-0215/2015 - Sirpa Pietikäinen) IT
Amendments (22)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas an excessive use of resources is the rootamong the causes of various environmental hazards, such as climate change, desertification, deforestation and loss of biodiversity; whereas the global economy uses the equivalent of 1.5 planets’ worth of resources to produce global output and absorb waste and this figure is estimated to reach the equivalent of two planets’ worth of resources by the 2030s;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the Commission communication entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: A zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM(2014)0398); endorses the Commission’s approach to designing and innovating for a circular economy, setting up a policy framework to support resource efficiency and setting aout guidelines for resource-efficiency target as outlined in the communication;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the sustainable development mainstream is based on the deeply held conviction that, with the right technological innovations, economic growth and environmental protection can complement, rather than conflict, with each other; however, this vision ignores, misrepresents or underestimates the biophysical limits to production and human consumption set by system dynamics and thermodynamics; urges the Commission, therefore, not to make the same mistakes;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that the concept of circular economy, like similar concepts (such as ‘cradle-to-cradle’, industrial ecology and natural capitalism), suggests, through innovation, the industrial-scale development of strategies designed to achieve absolute decoupling between the physical growth of throughput and the non-physical (financial) growth of GDP (so-called green growth or ‘sustainable growth’); observes, nonetheless, that according to historical data only relative decoupling has taken place;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Draws attention to the fact that absolute decoupling, assuming that it can be achieved, can only be done on a global scale, since improvement in only one part of the world corresponds to a relocation of production and associated environmental impacts elsewhere; urges the Commission, therefore, not to take any further unilateral action which, in terms of industrialisation, employment and the environment, may result in a negative balance;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Notes that a constant process of increasing efficiency in the use of resources, through innovation, has been ongoing since the beginning of the modern age at the very least, but that such relative decoupling has not prevented the overall growth in the production and consumption of raw materials from being neutralised; highlights the risk that a sharp increase in relative decoupling might, on the contrary, in accordance with the Jevons paradox, lead to more intensive exploitation of raw materials, made cheaper by an accelerated movement of capital caused by a reduction in the unit cost of production owing to the more efficient technologies;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is convinced that improving resource efficiency requires both legislative and economic incentives and further funding of research;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that legal certainty and long- term predictability are needed to channel investments towards a sustainable economy;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes fully implementingthe objective to be achieved, that is to say the most sustainable use of resources, can only be achieved effectively on a global scale; this includes a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing outrogressively limiting toxic substances;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes, however, that the ability of the circular economy to close production cycles is overestimated, particularly where toxic, dissipative or complex materials are concerned; warns, therefore, that the promise of an absolute reduction in the environmental impact of production and consumption systems cannot be kept in a growth-based economy, which accordingly runs counter to the social economy and market principles enshrined in Article 3(3) TEU;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. UrgesCalls on the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a lead indicator and a number of sub-indicators on resource efficiency, including ecosystem services; these binding indicators should measure resource consumption, including imports and exports, at EU, Member State and industry level and take account of the wholeguidelines on resource efficiency, including ecosystem services; these guidelines should include a lead indicator and a number of sub-indicators of a non- binding nature, in order to measure resource consumption based on a life- cycle of products and servicesapproach;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to promote the use of resource-efficiency indicatordrawing up of guidelines on the efficient use of resources through international conventions;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission to take other relevant actions to ensure that products are easy to reuse, refit, repair, recycle and eventually dismantle for new resources;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission to submit the announced proposal on the review of waste legislation by the end of 2015 and to include the following points: setting extended producer responsibility requirements; endorsing the ‘pay-as-you- throw-principle’ prioritising separate collection schemes in order to facilitate the development of business based on the reuse of secondary raw materials; increasing recycling targets to at least 70 % of municipal solid waste, based on the output of recycling facilities, using the same harmonised method for all Member States with externally verified statistics; introducing a ban on landfilling recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 and a ban on all landfilling by 2030; discouraging the landfilling of recyclable and biodegradable waste ; introducing fees on landfilling and incineration;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission to propose compulsincentives fory green public procurement procedures; considers that reused, repaired, remanufactured, refurbished and other resource-efficient products and solutions are to be preferred in all public procurement, and if they are not preferred, the ‘comply or explain’ principle should apply;
Amendment 476 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to report back constantly to Parliament about all the measures outlined above and to proposabout the next steps by 2018;