BIR World Mirror on Non-Ferrous Metals – Issue December 2023: Year ends with wide-ranging transportation issues
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05 December 2023
A concise summary of the BIR World Mirror on Non-Ferrous Metals – Issue December 2023. Full version with detailed market reports available in the Members Only section of the BIR website. As ...
BIR publishes first position paper on EPR: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes must not disrupt existing efficient markets
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20 November 2023
The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), the global federation of recycling industries, today issued its first position paper on extended producer responsibility (EPR), calling for policymakers ...
BIR and ISRI represent recycling interests at latest Global Plastics Treaty meeting
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20 November 2023
More than 400 million tons of plastic waste is generated every year, approximately 14 million tons of which ends up in the world’s oceans. Ongoing negotiations towards a first global treaty to ...
BIR Abu Dhabi 2023 - Paper Division: Paper recyclers should embrace AI and consider carbon credits
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30 October 2023
The importance of artificial intelligence (AI) and carbon credits in the future of the paper recycling sector were highlighted to the Paper Division session at the BIR World Recycling Convention in ...
BIR Abu Dhabi 2023 - International Environment Council: BIR develops EPR position and reinforces its case for the environmental benefits of recycling
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27 October 2023
The Bureau of International Recycling is formulating a new policy position on extended producer responsibility (EPR) and started the process of issuing a new report on the environmental benefits of ...
BIR Abu Dhabi 2023 - Plastics Committee: Chemical recycling “must complement and not compete” with mechanical recycling
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26 October 2023
A robust defence of chemical recycling and its compatibility with mechanical recycling was set out during the Bureau of International Recycling’s World Recycling Convention in Abu Dhabi. Speaking ...
BIR Abu Dhabi 2023 - Stainless Steel & Special Alloys Committee: Strong future growth forecast in India for stainless ‘wonder alloy’
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26 October 2023
India’s vision to become a US$40 trillion economy by 2047, the year which marks 100 years of independence, will make it a major consumer of stainless steel into the future. The country’s ambitious ...
BIR Abu Dhabi 2023 - Electrics, Electronics and EV Batteries Committee: New look for BIR electrics, electronics and battery experts
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26 October 2023
The final session of the BIR World Recycling Convention in Abu Dhabi marked the arrival of a new, forward-looking group. Formerly known as the E-Scrap Committee, BIR’s Electrics, Electronics and EV ...
BIR Abu Dhabi 2023 - Non-Ferrous Metals Division: Horizon offers brighter prospects for non-ferrous metals recyclers
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25 October 2023
Despite a year of recycled non-ferrous metal producer price indices in the US turning negative, the medium to longer term is much brighter, delegates at the BIR convention in Abu Dhabi were told on ...
Paul Coyte confirmed as new President of BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division
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24 October 2023
The board of the BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division has appointed Mr Paul Coyte as new divisional President. Mr Coyte is Managing Director of Hayes Metals (New Zealand), a long-standing member of BIR, ...
BIR Abu Dhabi 2023 - Ferrous Division: Scrap sector looks for growth as mills drive to green steel
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24 October 2023
The consequences for recyclers as the steelmaking industry looks to decarbonise in the coming decades was the major theme during BIR’s Ferrous Division session at the Abu Dhabi convention on 23 ...
BIR Abu Dhabi 2023 - Opening session: After 75 years, the world recycling organisation is told its work has never been more important
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24 October 2023
Recyclers around the world have been urged to be more proactive about their vital role in ensuring the earth’s limited and valuable natural resources are recovered and used sustainably. The call ...