Dear BIR Member, We are pleased to inform you that the Proceedings of the BIR Barcelona Convention are now online (Members Only). In the prestigious setting of the 5-star InterContinental Hotel in ...
Spain definitely attracted a lot of attention among recyclers this spring: not only did BIR organise its World Recycling Convention in Barcelona, but its European member association EuRIC also opted ...
BIR Ambassadors have been keeping a close contact with BIR leadership, namely BIR President Tom Bird and Director General Arnaud Brunet, through their Chairman Salam AL SHARIF. Their main actions on ...
BIR Conventions remain the foremost meeting place of the international recycling industry, as was once again proven during our recent ‘Welcome back’ edition of BIR’s famous World Recycling ...
At the recently-concluded triple Conference of the Parties (COPs) held on June 6 to 17, governments decided that transboundary movements of “All Electrical and Electronic Wastes” described in Annex ...
This year’s extraordinary developments on the LME had added to an already imposing list of challenges facing the stainless steel sector, including the Ukraine conflict and associated sanctions on ...
While further innovation and investment were required to build a more circular textiles economy, substantial progress had been made in recent years as a result of the growing momentum behind ...
by Michael Lion, ITC Chairman and host of The Challenge The groundbreaking format of BIR’s signature series “The Challenge” with host Michael Lion (Chairman of the International Trade Council) and ...
Having been viewed only a handful of years ago as the “poor relation”, tyres and rubber have rapidly developed into “one of the most dynamic segments of the recycling industry”, according to Max ...
Although plastics recyclers are enjoying the benefits of “massive demand and extremely high prices”, they are struggling to source sufficient feedstock to enable them to cope with this “undoubted ...
Traditional lead-acid batteries used in vehicles could be recycled viably and in an environmentally sound manner, but it was “a completely different story” for spent lithium-ion batteries which were ...
The shredder industry was continuing to grow - not least because of the important part it was able to play in achieving decarbonization goals, declared Scott Newell III of US-based Newell Recycling ...
