BIR Barcelona Convention: General Assembly: “Challenge misconceptions about what we do,” President urges BIR members

BIR World Mirror on Non-Ferrous Metals – Issue January 2023: Concerns grow as new EU shipment rules move a step closer

31 January 2023

A concise summary of the BIR World Mirror on Non-Ferrous Metals – Issue January 2023. Full version with detailed market reports available in the Members Only section of the BIR website. The January ...

Symposium on “Visualising a Greener Harmonised System”: BIR makes case for eliminating tariffs and non-tariff barriers

30 January 2023

BIR Deputy Director for Trade & Environment Alev Somer represented the global recycling federation at the World Customs Organization’s “Visualising a Greener Harmonised System” symposium, which took ...

BIR concerned by outcome of WSR vote in EU Parliament

18 January 2023

Following yesterday’s plenary vote in the European Parliament regarding the revision of the Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR), BIR is very concerned regarding its potential impact on the global ...

Waste Shipment Regulation plenary vote in the European Parliament: almost all amendments proposed by MEPs agreed in voting

18 January 2023

On 17 January 2023, the plenary vote took place in the European Parliament. Of the 158 amendments put forward by MEPs to the European Commission proposal of 18 November 2021, 7 were rejected and 154 ...

New Year message from BIR Director General Arnaud Brunet

06 January 2023

Dear Members, I hope you all enjoyed a restful end-of-the-year break and that you are ready to start 2023 “firing on all cylinders”. I wish you all, also on behalf of the BIR Secretariat, a very ...

Let's celebrate together BIR's 75th anniversary: Join us in Amsterdam for BIR’s 149th World Recycling Convention!

05 January 2023

Join us in Amsterdam for BIR’s 149th World Recycling Convention! (21) 22 – 24 May 2023, Hotel Okura Amsterdam This May, BIR goes back to its roots! Join us in Amsterdam, the birthplace of BIR, for a ...

News on behalf of Global Recycling Foundation: A festive wrap

22 December 2022

This is the season to be jolly – jolly careful about how and what we throw away. How we shop, how we wrap those presents and how we dispose of the packaging make a huge impact at this time of year. ...

Season's Greetings from BIR Secretariat

21 December 2022

Dear Members, Friends and Colleagues, Yet again, a year has gone by and your BIR team would like to wish you a very restful and happy holiday season as well as a healthy and prosperous year 2023! We ...

BIR represents members at key UN meeting: Work begins on drafting new Global Plastics Treaty

19 December 2022

Alev Somer and Ross Bartley from the BIR Secretariat represented recyclers’ interests at the first meeting of the International Negotiating Committee (INC), which was held in Uruguay from November ...

Theme announced for Global Recycling Day 2023 - Recycling Heroes for Creative Innovation

08 December 2022

The Global Recycling Foundation is now looking for nominations for the award of Recycling Heroes 2023 from individuals to business leaders, sole traders to multinational businesses, and towns and ...

BIR World Mirror on Non-Ferrous Metals: Business pressures intensified by policy and regulatory moves

06 December 2022

A concise summary of the BIR World Mirror on Non-Ferrous Metals – Issue December 2022. Full version with detailed market reports available in the Members Only section of the BIR website. First the ...

Waste Shipment Regulation revision: Vote in EU Parliament committee

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02 December 2022

On 1 December 2022, the European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted on its Report on the Waste Shipment Regulation revision (see related press release ...