Translation of "Fissure de retrait plastique " (French → English) :

9. Calls for more public and private investment in research and technologies aimed at obtaining more sustainable plastics (i.e. consuming less raw material while maintaining the same quality, reusability and recyclability) and a better integration of various types in production processes and reprocessing activities, without affecting the quality of materials; considers that new technologies are also needed for enhanced plastic biodegradation processes, waste sorting methods, processing and mechanical recycling, recovery of plastics from oceans, eco-design and smart packaging; believes that to this end, Horizon 2020 could offer opportun ...[+++]ities to respond to this important societal need and that the advantages would be far-reaching, for both the environment and citizens, from the creation of new economic activities (for instance high-standard sorting carried out with human labour power) to the reduction of marine litter and health-related risks; stresses that this can offer young people in particular the opportunity to engage in new fields of activity and thus become integrated into the job market; points out that full implementation of EU waste legislation could save EUR 72 billion a year, increase the annual turnover of the EU waste management and recycling sector by EUR 42 billion, and create over 400 000 jobs by 2020; emphasises that other EU funds can also contribute significantly to the development of collection and recycling infrastructure if they are used consistently in accordance with the waste hierarchy in the Framework Directive on Waste;

36. Underlines the need to include resource efficiency considerations in the CAP through support for reprocessing of organic agricultural waste for soil fertilisation, as well as for the prevention of the dispersal of agricultural plastic waste;

A child’s safety depends first and foremost upon the safety of the materials used to construct a toy, e.g. whether a plastic will crack or splinter.

This includes testing of tyres for cracks, oil pipelines for hidden corrosion, density of plastic coverings but also gruyere cheese to ensure that it will contain the holes the consumer wants to see in it.

the following points 9a, 9b and 9c are inserted:" 9a". mechanical recycling" shall mean the reprocessing of waste material, for the original purpose or for other purposes excluding energy recovery or disposal, without changing the chemical structure of the processed material or changing it only where the synthesis of materials produces plastics of the same quality as new material ; 9b". chemical recycling" shall mean the reprocessing, other than organic recycling, of waste material, for the original purpose or for other purposes excluding energy recovery or disposal, by changing the chemical structure of the waste material and recycling ...[+++] the chemical constituents into the original material of the waste; 9c". feedstock recycling" shall mean the reprocessing, other than organic recycling, of waste material, for the original purpose or for other purposes excluding energy recovery or disposal, by changing the chemical structure of the waste material and recycling the chemical constituents into materials other than the original material of the waste".

I wish here to raise the alarm about the offensive conducted by Front National controlled municipalities in France against culture and democracy. This includes closing pluralist cultural centres, withdrawing from public libraries certain publications and work which are considered pernicious (pedagogical and philosophical works), cutting subsidies for social integration and cultural associations, censoring films, sacking the heads of cultural centres (like at Chateauvallon) and destroying sculptures (such as the sculpture of René Guiffrey at Toulon).