A region in crisis
The European metal industry is staring at losses after high energy prices have caused operational and margin impacts. The European Union has lost more than 1 million metric tons of primary aluminum ...
BIR : Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) voted by MEPS
BRUSSELS (MPE-Média) - On 17 January 2023, the plenary vote took place in the European Parliament. Of the 158 amendments put forward by MEPs to the European Commission proposal of 18 November 2021, ...
BIR returns to its roots for 75th anniversary
The Bureau of International Recycling will hold its 2023 Spring Convention & Exhibition on 22-24 May in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It should be a memorable conference as the world recycling ...
TrueCircle’s Industry Leader Insights: Tom Bird
Tom Bird, President of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), sat down with TrueCircle to provide us with his expert insight on the industry’s current turbulent times, learnings from the past ...
All change after healthy 2021
Steel production cuts, decline in Turkey, war in Ukraine and a switch to billet ‘has consequences for global scrap sellers’. As Lee Allen, Fastmarkets’ price reporter, remarked at the BIR world ...
Major changes within the BIR Ambassadors Committee
During the recent BIR World Recycling Convention in Dubai, the organisation’s Ambassadors Committee received new impetus with the appointment of Susie Burrage of Recycled Products Ltd (GBR) as its ...
Susie Burrage honoured by BIR
The head of the UK’s scrap metals association, Susie Burrage, has been appointed to chair the Bureau of International Recycling’s Ambassadors Committee. Burrage, of Recycled Products, was given the ...
Bureau Of International Recycling : Susie Burrage Appointed Chair, Two New Ambassadors Confirmed
BRUSSELS — November 11, 2022 — During the recent BIR World Recycling Convention in Dubai, the organisation’s Ambassadors Committee received new impetus with the appointment of Susie Burrage of ...
BIR Convention 2022 - An ode to challenges
The just concluded 3-day event in Dubai helped to truly reflect on the times the global recycling industry is passing through.
The future of recycling is bright: Tom Bird
Since the last two years the world has been going through a pandemic. We thought the worst was over, however, now we are faced with war, energy crisis and high inflation. How has your journey been ...
Prices for OCC had fallen by between 80% and 90%, Paper Mills in India are now running at 70% capacity
- Low demand all around the world with high stocks at paper mills - Paper Mills cannot pass high energy cost in their sales prices because demand for their products is also low - Mills in India are ...
