The Basel Ban Amendment prohibits the export of hazardous wastes for ‘final disposal’ from Annex VII Countries to non-Annex VII Countries. The Ban will also prohibit...
Mr Ross Bartley is currently representing BIR in the working group and actively contributes to the authoring of the draft "Overall Guidance on the Environmentally...
Work is continuing towards providing further legal clarity regarding the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their...
Dear BIR Member,
Further to our news dated 9th September 2019, BIR has just received the official communication from the Secretariat of the Basel Convention...
Today, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published its 10th batch of waste...
Today, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published its 11th batch of waste...
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(01/11/2018) 第一批准予备案的进口可用作原料的固体废物装运前检验机构名单
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BIR Environment and Trade Director Ross Bartley co-chairs the new initiative that involves various stakeholders, with the aim to improve and promote the...
On 3rd December 2019, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China...
BIR continues to represent the interests of its members in the framework of the United Nations Basel Convention, with Environment and Trade Director Ross Bartley...
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附件：建议批准的限制进口类申请明细表（2019年第14批）
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加工利用单位
废物编号
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附件：建议批准的限制进口类申请明细表（2019年第13批）
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加工利用单位
废物编号
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Dear BIR Member,
Further to our news dated 9th September 2019, BIR has just received the official communication from the Secretariat of the Basel...
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附件：建议批准的限制进口类申请明细表（2019年第12批）
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加工利用单位
废物编号
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附件：建议批准的限制进口类申请明细表（2020年第1批）
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加工利用单位
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附件：建议批准的限制进口类申请明细表（2020年第2批）
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BIR welcomes the fact that China’s new standards for aluminium, brass and copper scrap recognise that scrap, when sorted and processed to...
The apparel and footwear industry through Its "Policy Hub", hosted its first workshop in January 2020 in Brussels on "Circularity for Apparel and Footwear: Assembling...
Recyclers look for supportive measures coming from the “European Green Deal”. With this Communication, the Commission resets its commitment to transform the EU into a...
BIR, with its affiliated member federations ISRI and EuRIC Aisbl, participated actively in the "OECD Working Party on Resource Productivity & Waste" and the...
On 17th February 2020, the Office of the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council issued the "Announcement on Tariff Commission of the State Council Carrying Out...
On 7 March 2020, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published the 4th batch...
The Bureau of International Recycling, the global federation of recycling industries, welcomes the EU's support for recyclers as laid out in their new Circular Economy...
Since around the year 2000, BIR has been explaining to legislators about the difficulties recyclers face in receiving some end-of-life goods - in effect, wastes...
The Bureau of International Recycling, the global federation of recycling industries, welcomes the EU's support for recyclers as laid out in their new Circular Economy...
From 2 to 5 March 2020, together with Ole Thomas Thommesen, Senior Advisor at the Norwegian Environment Directorate, BIR Trade & Environmental Director Ross...
The European Commission has published its guidance on Shipments of Waste in the EU in the context of the Coronavirus crisis. (LINK HERE)
The Commission recognises...
On 10 April 2020, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published the 5th...
The European Commission has published its paper "Waste management in the context of the Coronavirus crisis".
The document comprises
Management of municipal...
On 21 April, the Indian Government’s Ministry of Shipping addressed an official letter to “all major ports” ordering the remission of various charges to port...
Today, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published the 6th batch of waste...
The new Chinese waste law is modern and comprehensive and it covers industrial waste as well as waste from households, imports as well as exports. This new waste law...
According to recent press reports, the UAE has suspended exports of ferrous scrap and paper as from tomorrow, 15 May 2020, for a period of 4 months.
This temporary...
On 18 May 2020, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published the 7th batch...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched its e-learning “Control of Radioactive Material Inadvertently Incorporated into Scrap Metal”.
It is now...
On 16 June 2020, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published the 8th batch...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) e-learning tool “Control of Radioactive Material Inadvertently Incorporated into Scrap Metal” was launched three weeks...
The European Commission has just published a notice on the “Withdrawal of the United Kingdom and the EU Rules in the Field of Transboundary Shipments of Waste”, which...
According to reports from our contacts in China, the country’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment has confirmed that China will be banning the import of solid waste...
On 6 July 2020, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published the9thbatch of...
On 24 July 2020, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published the 10th...
BIR has obtained the links to the official Chinese documents. More detailed information will follow.
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再生铜铝原料国外供货商
资质认定申请书
□初次申请（1） □信息变更（2） □重新申请（3）
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China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association Recycling Metal Branch gives recycling copper and aluminum raw materials suppliers 20 days from today, 14 August 2020, to...
On 18 August 2020, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published the 11th...
On 14 August 2020, the BIR News item "China: Recycling copper and aluminium raw material suppliers - 20-day deadline for qualification certificate application"...
The Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning’s Circular dated 3 September 2020* limits paper and plastic recycler’s imports to a maximum of 50% of their...
As from 1 September 2020, Chinese customs authorities have been tightening the enforcement of the existing regulations regarding imports of recycled plastics...
The 12th Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG-12) of the UN Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal took place...
On 17 September 2020, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published the 12th...
As previously reported in BIR news, with the upcoming prohibition on imports of wastes into China and to fulfil future material needs of its industries, only the...
According to a recent announcement of the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the following requirements will enter into force as of 1 November 2020:...
On 19 October 2020, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published the...