On 30 November, the South-African Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, issued a Trade Policy Directive regulating the trade in ferrous and non-ferrous metals waste, scrap and semi-finished ...
From the BIR Secretariat, Ross Bartley (Director Trade and Environment) and Alev Somer (Deputy Director Trade and Environment) will be representing the international recycling industry at important ...
We are pleased to inform you that the Proceedings of the BIR Dubai Convention are now online (Members Only). The proceedings are a valuable source of market data with forecasts that can be very ...
During the recent BIR World Recycling Convention in Dubai, the organisation’s Ambassadors Committee received new impetus with the appointment of Susie Burrage of Recycled Products Ltd (GBR) as its ...
The addition of plastic to the Basel Convention’s Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedures has prompted calls for a review of the way the Convention is structured, its effectiveness and future ...
A transformation in the treatment of end-of-life tyres (ELTs) in the Gulf was reflected by presentations from leading regional recycling businesses at the BIR World Recycling Convention in Dubai. ...
by Michael Lion, ITC Chairman and host of The Challenge Immediately following the official opening of the BIR World Recycling Convention in “Dazzling Dubai” by President Tom Bird, the event kicked ...
National recycling organisations are being urged to take steps to ensure the materials, machinery and equipment used by their members are recognised as “environmental goods” to benefit from ...
The implications of high energy prices were raised during several sessions at the BIR World Recycling Convention in Dubai but it was during the Paper Division plenary session on 18 October that the ...
A commitment to recycling plastics of all types is developing steadily in the Gulf, the BIR Plastics Committee heard at its meeting in Dubai on 18 October. The insights came in a presentation from ...
The increasing trend for primary producers to transition towards secondary metal feedstocks and more sustainable production processes was reinforced at the BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division meeting in ...
Tackling excessive water leakage rates in major cities has been advocated as a way of boosting the stainless steel industry and offering fresh market opportunities for scrap recyclers and traders. ...