Strasbourg, 10/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - Adopting reports in second reading on Wednesday by Karl Florenz (CDU) on electrical and electronic waste, the EP greatly strengthened the Council's common position on the two important directives that are part of the Community's waste prevention and management strategy, aiming to cut the mountains of waste electronic and electric machinery (estimated at totalling 6 million tonnes in 1998) in the EU. This waste is currently growing at a rate of 3 to 5%...