Tantino (V). - (IT) Mr President, there was a time when we were concerned only with waste disposal, but the study of the flows and lifecycle of waste made us understand, first of all, that we needed to look at managing the whole of the cycle - from production to disposal - and it has now made us reaüze that we need to go further, to look at preventing waste production, by cutting down on the volume of what becomes waste - packaging, for example, and preventing the use of all products once destined to enter the waste chain.
Με αυτή την εισαγωγική παρατήρηση θέλω να τονίσω ότι χρειάζεται να επανεξετασθεί η κοινοτική στρατηγική για τη διαχείριση των αποβλήτων και ότι, συνεπώς, μας φαίνεται σκόπιμη η ανακοίνωση της Επιτροπής προς αυτή την κατεύθυνση.