The fact that Germany happens to have an unsuccessful system, under which you cannot return your tin cans to any shop, has to do with the boycott campaigns by large sections of industry, which are opposed to the deposit system principle. Irony has it that historically, they all have their origins in an act dating back to 1991 that was submitted by a Christian Democrat Environment Minister, Klaus Töpfer, which the present Minister, Mr Trittin, a Green, is now simply implementing.
. Arvoisa puhemies, tiedän kellon olevan paljon, mutta haluan erittäin lyhyesti vastata joihinkin esitettyihin kysymyksiin.