European Parliament
Mairead McGuinness  (PPE ),
in writing.
– Eurostat figures from 2009 show that EU citizens produce, on average, 513 kg of municipal waste per person per year; In Ireland, the figure was between 700 and 800 kg per person. By the end of 2009, EU infringement cases related to waste constituted 20% of all environmental infringements. A resource-efficient Europe is one of the flagship targets of the Europe 2020 strategy, and the Waste Framework Directive introduced a 50% target for recycling of municipal waste, to be met by 2020 in all Member States. I welcome the Commission’s increased support for the directive with resources to improve implementation and enforcement in the EU waste
acquis
at national level. I voted in favour of this report.

