De Huffington Post laat de rapporteurs aan het woord over het waarom van hun voorstel: "Establishing ecological criteria for flushing toilets and urinals and promoting appropriately the awarded products, if accepted by a wider range of producers and users, will contribute to greener product purchases, which shall reduce the consumption of water. Besides, this should also result in other environmental benefits, like lower water pollution and eutrophication (in relation with wastewater), energy saving and lower related air emissions (in relation with water supply, wastewater treatment and product production), lower resource consumption and potentially higher resource efficiency management (in relation with product materials, longevity and recyclability issues), etc. Finally, the environmentally friendlier products should also bring private and public customers direct cost savings (e.g. lower water bills).
Misschien kunnen wij de Britse maten overnemen.
Marah dank. De Engelsen worden niet buiten de standaard, maar buiten de eco-standaard geduwd door Brussel. Dat betekent dus idd dat ze hun potten niet hoeven te vervangen, zoals het bericht feitelijk suggereert.