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 ...
El informe anual 2020 de BIR pone de manifiesto la capacidad de adaptación de la industria del reciclaje
La Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) publica su Informe Anual donde destaca los desarrollos y datos clave de la industria del reciclaje en 2020 La Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) ...
RECYCLAGE : Convention de printemps du BIR
PARIS (MPE-Média) – Le Bureau international du recyclage propose de ce lundi 31 mai au mercredi 2 juin une convention de printemps en ligne, ouverte ce jour par le président du BIR Tom Bird et le ...
Trillions of pounds of trash: New technology tries to solve an old garbage problem
Humans generate a remarkable amount of garbage: over 2 billion tonnes per year, according to the World Bank, or approximately 4.5 trillion pounds annually. And that figure is going to grow. Global ...
Global Recycling Day marked around the country
Global Recycling Day is being marked across the country today (18 March), with dozens of companies and organisations launching schemes. Now in its fourth year, the initiative is spearheaded by the ...
Somali plastics processor a global recycling hero
Most associate Somalia in East Africa more with drought and tribal wars than award-winning recycling practices but it is home to a ‘Recycling Hero’. Somalia may be bottom of the global Environmental ...
Global Recycling Foundation awards 10 #RecyclingHeroes
The Global Recycling Foundation, which is based in London and is supported by the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling, has announced 10 #RecyclingHeroes winners for Global Recycling ...
This are the ten "recycling heroes" 2021
On Global Recycling Day on march 18th, the Global Recycling Foundation announced the ten Recycling Heroes who have each won a 500 dollar prize thanks to their dedication and innovation in local ...
Global Recycling Foundation announces the #RecyclingHeroes 2021
To mark Global Recycling Day (18 March), the Global Recycling Foundation announced the ten #RecyclingHeroes who have each won a $ 500 prize thanks to their dedication and innovation in local ...