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The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) is the only global recycling industry federation representing more than 30,000 companies around the globe, with a direct membership of over 900 companies and 37 national associations from 68 countries. BIR members are world leaders in the supply of raw materials and a key pillar for sustainable economic development.

World Mirror on Non-Ferrous Metals – Issue March 2023: Metals prices impacted as confidence takes a knock

23 March 2023
A concise summary of the BIR World Mirror on Non-Ferrous Metals – Issue March 2023. Full version with detailed market reports available in the Members Only section of the BIR website. Trading controversies and banking industry turbulence have combined to undermine confidence across the metals marketplace, according to the latest World Mirror on Non-Ferrous Metals from the BIR global recycling organization. Against the backdrop of a systematic ...

BIR Textiles Division initiates membership campaign

21 March 2023
More companies involved in textiles recycling need to be aware of the benefits of a BIR membership. This was the conclusion reached by the BIR Textiles Division after their last meeting in September 2022 in the BIR offices in Brussels. In order to give an overview of current challenges and the solutions a BIR membership can provide, the Textiles Division prepared a promotional flyer that sums up all there is to know about the advantages an ...

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23 March 2023
A concise summary of the BIR World Mirror on Non-Ferrous Metals – Issue March 2023. Full version with detailed market reports available in the Members Only section of the BIR website. Trading ...
21 March 2023
More companies involved in textiles recycling need to be aware of the benefits of a BIR membership. This was the conclusion reached by the BIR Textiles Division after their last meeting in September ...
20 March 2023
The Global Recycling Foundation today announces the winners of their Recycling Heroes 2023 award marking Global Recycling Day 18 March . Ten winners for the Recycling Heroes award of $1000 each and ...
20 March 2023
The Global Recycling Foundation (GRF) has launched its 2030 Vision for a Green Africa at a reception in the Churchill Room, House of Commons, London. The reception, hosted by Lord Dholakia and ...
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GLOBAL RECYCLING FOUNDATION

RECYCLING IS A GLOBAL ISSUE

The Global Recycling Foundation supports the promotion of recycling, and the recycling industry, across the world to showcase its vital role in preserving the future of the planet.

Our mission is to fund educational and awareness programmes, which focus on the sustainable and inclusive development of recycling, across the world.

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Securing the future of our planet

SAVE THE PLANET.
SUPPORT RECYCLING.

Global Recycling Day was created in 2018 to help recognize, and celebrate, the importance recycling plays in preserving our precious primary resources and securing the future of our planet. It is a day for the world to come together, and put the planet first.

Our mission is twofold:

  • To tell world leaders that recycling is simply too important not to be a global issue, and that a common, joined up approach to recycling is urgently needed.
  • To ask people across the planet to think resource, not waste, when it comes to the goods around us – until this happens we simply won’t award recycled goods the true value and repurpose they deserve.

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