BIR says 2020 data shows need for free trade in recovered fibre market
23 August 2022
REB News
BIR says 2020 data shows need for free trade in recovered fibre market 2020 was an unprecedented year as the COVID crisis impacted markets, industries and lifestyles around the world. But despite ...
Paper and board recycling in 2020: Overview of world statistics
23 August 2022
IPW
2020 was an unprecedented year as the COVID crisis impacted markets, industries and lifestyles around the world. But despite these many upheavals, recovered fibre succeeded in building upon its ...
The conflict in Ukraine is creating uncertainty while rising inflation rates may trigger a recession. However, demand and prices for recycled materials remain high. The COVID outbreak in China is ...
With global headlines dominated by bad news, metals markets - both ferrous and non-ferrous - remained volatile. Industry experts say negative trends are likely to continue for a few more months due ...
Recovered paper export challenges continue at home, abroad
23 June 2022
Recycling Today
Contract talks continue at West Coast ports, while BIR officials warn of a threat to "major international flows of recovered fiber." As contract talks between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) ...
EU rubber recycling sector gaining “unprecedented traction”
20 June 2022
European Rubber Journal
BIR leader: "Tires and rubber have rapidly become “one of the most dynamic segments of the recycling industry..." Brussels – European demand for recycled rubber is set to see a five-fold increase ...
Regulation revision threatens to be bad for business and for the environment
08 June 2022
Revista IDE
Although recycling industry lobbying had helped to prompt some welcome changes to the draft text of the EU Waste Shipment Regulation revision, the proposal in its current form would still lead to ...
Stainless steel sector still feeling LME's headwinds: BIR
06 June 2022
Davis Index
The halt in LME Nickel trading in March had a huge impact that is still being felt by the stainless steel and special alloys industry, participants of the Bureau of International Recycling's ...
BIR - SS.pdf
Risk management key for non-ferrous metals: BIR
03 June 2022
Davis Index
The global non-ferrous industry must focus on risk management given the current chaos within the metal market, according to participants at the Bureau of International Recycling's (BIR's) World ...
BIR - Nonferrous.pdf
„Wir dürfen nicht wie Schlafwandler in immer restriktivere Gesetzgebung hineingeraten“
02 June 2022
Euwid
„Wir als Branche müssen jetzt mehr als je zuvor der Welt vermitteln, was für eine essenzielle Rolle wir dabei spielen, unseren Planeten vor dem Klimawandel und den Umweltschäden zu schützen, die ...
It’s up to recyclers and traders to help positively portray the industry, BIR president says. The president of the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), in a general assembly ...
BIR Convention: Stainless takes on stubborn challenges
02 June 2022
Recycling Today
LME executive says rebuilding trust is exchange’s nickel market priority for the near future. Buying and selling stainless steel scrap has required extra patience in the first half of this year, ...