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Tirsdag den 4. oktober 2022 - Strasbourg

19.3. Radioudstyrsdirektivet: en universaloplader til elektronisk udstyr (A9-0129/2022 - Alex Agius Saliba)

Mündliche Erklärungen zur Abstimmung

  Seán Kelly (PPE). – Madam President, uimhir 3, I think we were all very happy to support this report and to see it being approved by an overwhelming majority because it establishes a single charging portal for mobile phones, tablets and other portable electronics in the EU. Not before time.

The aim of this proposal is to improve consumer welfare and reduce the environmental footprint that comes from the manufacture and disposal of chargers and is part of a broader effort to make products in the EU more sustainable, reduce e-waste and make consumers’ lives easier.

Beyond saving consumers money, there is also an environmental benefit. While electronic waste is the fastest-growing waste in the EU, less than 40% is recycled. This law aims to reduce the volume of such waste. So now, people all over Europe, including myself, can go to our boxes and drawers, which are full of all sorts of chargers, which we will never again need to use and dispose of them properly.

  Die Präsidentin. – Damit ist dieser Tagesordnungspunkt geschlossen.