3 Amendments of Elena Oana ANTONESCU related to 2009/2153(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas bio-waste accounts for more than 30% of solid urban waste; whereas the volume of bio-waste is rising in the European Union, representing a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions and other negative environmental effects when dumped in landfills, in conditions thanks to which waste management is now the fourth most important source of greenhouse gases;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the management of such waste should be structured in line with the 'waste hierarchy': prevention and reduction, reuse, recycling, other types of recovery, in particular for energy purposes, and as the last option, landfilling (in accordance with Article 4 of the Waste Framework Directive); whereas prevention is the priority objective in the management of bio-waste; whereas prevention makes it possible, in particular, to avoid food waste and green waste, for example through the improved planning of public parks with low-maintenance plants and trees,; whereas there exist technologies and methods enabling more efficient bio-waste management, and it is for the public authorities to set an example by adopting them in the public sphere;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas bio-waste should be seen as a precious natural resource that can be used to produce high-quality compost, thereby helping to combat soil degradation in Europe, maintaining soil productivity, reducing the use of chemical fertilisers in agriculture, and especially of those based on phosphorus, and boosting the soil's water retention capacity,