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BIR World Recycling Convention Week – October 2020

From 12 to 16 October 2020, BIR offered a virtual World Recycling Convention with commodity webinars and general cross-commodity sessions of overarching interest to the recycling community, such as the Spotlight on Global Trade and a Worldwide Outlook on Economic Developments and Financial Markets. 

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Opening / Spotlight on Trade: BIR continuing to operate and innovate on all fronts amid turbulent times

12 October 2020
“Visible and vigorous leadership” was essential in helping the recycling industry to navigate the “unprecedented” business conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic, insisted Michael Lion of Everwe…

Keynote session: Activity levels may not recover from “brutal” year until 2023

13 October 2020
The Keynote Session held on October 13 during BIR’s week-long series of webinars was entitled “The global economy: how rocky will be the road to recovery?” In their response to this question, two emi…

Paper Division: Fibre markets continue to adapt ahead of China’s “zero imports” deadline

13 October 2020
The global recovered fibre market has been undergoing a transformation in the last two to three years as new outlets are sought for material that, in many previous instances, would have headed to Chi…

Ferrous Division: What will be the wider impact of China’s burgeoning scrap industry?

14 October 2020
In the year 2000, China was consuming around 100 million tonnes of steel per year but this figure has since soared to between 800 and 900 million tonnes. As a consequence, “we do see China’s steel sc…

Plastics Committee: Glimmers of brighter future amid “perfect storm” for plastics recyclers

14 October 2020
Not for the first time, regulations took centre-stage in discussions hosted by the BIR Plastics Committee. Its webinar on October 14 featured an in-depth review of the implications of Basel Conventi…

Textiles Division: “Business as usual” still a distant prospect for many textiles recyclers

14 October 2020
“The risks right now are much higher than the opportunities,” stated BIR Textiles Division President Martin Böschen of Switzerland-based TEXAID * Textilverwertungs AG in delivering his latest market…

Non-Ferrous Metals Division: A time for the scrap industry to channel its “passion and positivity”

15 October 2020
At the BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division’s eForum in June this year, much of the debate had surrounded China’s proposed “recycled material” reclassification system covering brass, copper and cast alumi…

International Environment Council: Stakes are high for recyclers in Basel Convention’s Annex IV review

15 October 2020
The webinar hosted by the BIR International Environment Council (IEC) on October 15 demonstrated once again the breadth of issues constantly appearing on the world recycling association’s radar. In p…

Tyres & Rubber Committee: Michelin hails potential “game-changer” for end-of-life tyre market

15 October 2020
There was tangible excitement at the BIR Tyres & Rubber Committee webinar on October 15 following a guest presentation on the recycling of end-of-life tyres (ELTs) into secondary raw materials fo…

Stainless Steel & Special Alloys Committee: Stainless consumption decline could be limited to 4% this year, says Moll

16 October 2020
The share of the global stainless steel market claimed by the 300 series would jump from 54.1% in 2019 to 59.3% by 2030, it was reported to the BIR Stainless Steel & Special Alloys Committee’s we…

E-Scrap Committee: Excessive restrictions can obstruct path to increased circularity

16 October 2020
The growing volume of regulation surrounding e-scrap was creating the unintended consequence of erecting barriers to recycling, claimed several contributors to the BIR E-Scrap Committee webinar on Oc…