BIR World Recycling Convention: ‘Unacceptable delays’ in moving material across borders

Speakers call for recycling industry to develop its own standards. 
Guest speaker Chris Slijkhuis of Austria-based Müller-Guttenbrunn Group (MGG) said one of the primary challenges affecting waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling is the recent Basel Convention amendment to control movements of “hazardous” material.