BIR TEME QUE LA REVISIÓN DE LAS NORMAS SOBRE TRASLADOS DE RESIDUOS DE LA UE LIMITE LAS EXPORTACIONES DE MATERIALES PARA EL RECICLAJE
La organización mundial del reciclaje asegura que Europa genera excedentes de materiales secundarios de calidad que su mercado interno no puede absorber, mientras muchos países en desarrollo ...
Recycling fundamental to preserving our existence on Earth
With the title “Cosmic sustainability: the Universe is a Recycler”, BIR’s latest Keynote Address was delivered by Lucy Hawking - journalist, novelist, educator and, perhaps most famously, daughter ...
BIR: EU regulation revision could threaten scrap exports
The European Commission is considering changes to EU waste shipment regulations that could prove to be of “tremendous importance” and potentially highly damaging to ferrous scrap export flows. So ...
Global container capacity ‘12% below demand’
The worldwide shortage of shipping containers is putting severe strain on global trade and recyclers have been warned they could lose out in competition for the limited capacity available. The ...
BIR convention opens with discussion of regulations and protectionism surrounding global recycling
Yesterday's live opening session of the BIR World Recycling Convention (online) featured their renowned groundbreaking show "The Challenge" in a special convention edition with its unique format ...
Recyclage/BIR : La reprise des prix des ferrailles
PARIS/BRUXELLES (MPE-Média) – Présidée par Greg Schnitzer, de Sims Metal, la division métaux ferreux du Bureau international du recyclage proposait ce 1er juin ses données et statistiques sur l’état ...
BIR’s 2020 Annual Report: Quickly Adapting to the Challenge of New Realities
The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) today releases its 2020 Annual Report that highlights key recycling industry developments and data as well as the organization’s activities on behalf of ...
BIR 2021: Proposed European scrap export restrictions to be revealed; industry to step up lobbying
The first proposed draft on scrap shipment regulation revisions in Europe will come out in a few weeks, with more restrictions on the free flow of secondary metal raw materials expected, panelists ...
Challenges and opportunities for recyclers in “the interesting times ahead of us”
Electronics recycling was in “a very complex environment” in which there was “an absolute need for a dramatic change”, commented Helmut Kolba of Germany-based Remondis Electrorecycling GmbH in ...
BIR: Revision of EU shipment regulations could pose serious export threat
The European Commission is considering changes to EU waste shipment regulations that could prove to be of “tremendous importance” and potentially highly damaging to export flows of many recycling ...