O. whereas stimulating increased global trade in such alleged ‘end-of-waste’ paper by circumventing the environmental and health protection safeguards would not only have an additional negative environmental impact during transport, but could also lead to a decrease in the European paper recycling rate due to reduced availability of waste paper, so that paper manufacturers might have to substitute it at least partially with more virgin fibre-based production in Europe, with higher energy input and related CO2 emissions, which would again conflict with the criterion of avoiding overall adverse environmental impacts;

O. whereas stimulating increased global trade in such alleged ‘end-of-waste’ paper by circumventing the environmental and health protection safeguards would not only have an additional negative environmental impact during transport, but could also lead to a decrease in the European paper recycling rate due to reduced availability of waste paper, so that paper manufacturers might have to substitute it at least partially with more virgin fibre-based production in Europe, with higher energy input and related CO2 emissions, which would again conflict with the criterion of avoiding overall adverse environmental impacts;

135. Asks the administration to speed up actions to radically reduce the consumption of paper in the House; takes the view that the full use of electronic devices is key to avoiding the more than 1000 tons of paper waste every year; further takes the view that Members should be given the opportunity to indicate that they do not need printed documents;

Place two layers of absorbent tissue (5.6) in the centre of the filter papers.

Only in terms of greenhouse gases emissions, recycling one tonne of paper saves 900 kg of CO2 equivalent over production of virgin paper.

The surfaces must be thoroughly abraded and the abrasive paper changed regularly during the process to avoid clogging, which may lead to a polishing effect.