Commenting on the meeting of Europe’s Environment Ministers und the discussion of a paper (6918/09) on global recycling markets. ESA Chief Executive Dirk Hazell said: "We welcome the Czech Presidency’s paper noting the importance of robust recycling markets but it is much too timid on green public procurement. The public sector accounts for nearly half of GDP: green public sector procurement is not, as asserted in the paper, a ‘possible long-term solution’ to boosting demand for recycling materials but is the most obvious and rapid route to permanently increasing local demand for recycled materials." "We welcome the proposal to accelerate work, provided this is transparent, on the end-of-waste criteria in the new Waste Framework Directive in view of the obvious scope to provide a single European market in more recycled materials." "The British Government could also provide a helpful stimulus to investment in new British recycling infrastructure to replace landfill by giving a clear signal on its long term intentions for the level of the Landfill Tax in its forthcoming Budget," he concluded.
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