Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik admitted that the differences in collection levels between member states was "huge".

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Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik said that legislation on its own would not solve the issue and called for more global action.

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"We need to do much more and we need to do it quicker, " said Janez Potocnik, the European commissioner for science and research.

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