Now the situation seems to have stabilised somewhat, not least because of the success with separate waste collection.

In the context of in-house environmental protection, local authority services finally are likewise implementing separate waste collection.

A Mori survey showed that many people in the District supported the idea of separate waste collections.

In addition the price difference between "mixed" waste and separated waste collection needs to be significant to further encourage on-site separation.

I believe that the legislation is particularly important for the countries which acceded most recently as they still lag behind in the area of separate waste collection.

Environment Information Centre in collaboration with the Environmental Communications Section; provisions for separate waste collection.

The second area of attention concerns the clear delineation of waste originating from separate waste collection and waste originating from combined waste collection.

Mal Williams, the chair of the CRR, said it is in Britain’s interest to bring in separate waste collections as it produces better quality material for recycling.

By 2015 the Member States would have to set up separate waste collection schemes for at least the following: paper, metal, plastic, glass, textiles, other biodegradable wastes, oils and hazardous wastes.

The EP called for the "polluter pays" principle, for a separate waste collection of PVC and for a ban on cadmium and lead-based stabilisers.

Garbage is in the streets, and there is no plan for separate waste collection and disposal," said Pia Bucella, head of a team of European Union inspectors visiting the city.

A major victory for waste collection was between 2006 and 2008 when the country's waste collection services expanded to service an additional one million people, bringing the rate of separated waste collection among the country's population to 14%.

It is of equal importance to provide the necessary structures for separate waste collection, recycling and the avoidance of waste, fully respecting the waste hierarchy within which the dumping of waste remains the least-desired option.

I believe that the Member States will meet all the ambitious goals in keeping with the adopted text, in particular the objective that by 2015 they will have set up separate waste collection schemes for paper, metal, plastic, glass, textiles, other biodegradable waste, oil and hazardous waste.

I welcome the adoption of this report by an overwhelming majority, as it concerns the pre-eminent question of bio-waste management in the EU, and has requested that the European Commission draw up a ruling to create a compulsory separated waste collection system for all Member States.

To ensure that a high proportion of spent batteries and accumulators are recycled, Member States must take whatever measures are needed (including economic instruments) to promote and maximise separate waste collections and prevent batteries and accumulators being thrown away as unsorted municipal refuse.