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European Chemicals Agency to Rule on Health Impacts of Rubber Granules from Recycled Tyres Friday, 13:23 BIR Tyres & Rubber Committee: Science must be Prevail in Recycled Rubber Infill Debate In addition to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons the European Chemicals Agency will continue to look into the possible health impacts of other substances contained in the granules and mulches derived from end-of-life tyres. read more …
BIR Conference Told Ferrous Metal Markets for 2019 “Very Difficult to Predict” Friday, 11:47 Turkey Increasingly Important to US Ferrous Scrap Metal Exporters as China Cuts Imports US scrap markets for ferrous metals will continue to rely on exports, despite the Section 232 measures adopted by the Trump administration, according to Fastmarkets metals analyst Lee Allen. read more …
Non-Ferrous Scrap Metal Recycling Hit by US/China Trade War 08.10.2018 14:27 Tariffs Creating More Problems than they Solve for Metal Recyclers “Tariffs are a very blunt instrument and can give a lot of unintended consequences,” declared Edward Meir in his guest presentation to yesterday's meeting of the BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division. read more …
Shifting Markets for E-Waste in Asia 04.06.2018 15:14 BIR E-Scrap Committee: China Policy “A Challenge and an Opportunity” Faced with China’s National Sword policy, processing operations have been moving to South East Asian countries. However, these nations are also sharpening their focus on environmental controls. read more …
Over 10m People Engaged by BIR Inspired Events 30.05.2018 11:53 Global Recycling Day Exceeds Expectations The Global Recycling Day messages, championed by the Bureau of International Recycling, reached 10.5 million people and was picked up by some of the world’s leading media outlets such as Sky News. read more …
Debut Bureau for International Recycling 02.03.2018 15:13 Major Cities Ramp-up for Global Recycling Day Cities across the world including Sao Paolo, Washington DC, Sydney, Delhi, Dubai and London are to celebrate the inaugural Global Recycling Day in two weeks time. read more … Worldwide Event Organised by the Bureau of International Recycling 22.02.2018 16:01 ISRI Backs First Ever Global Recycling Day Trade association, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has become the first Federation Partner for the first-ever Global Recycling Day. read more … Bureau of International Recycling to Lobby for Better Resource Management Globally 13.12.2017 14:08 BIR Manifesto: Seven Commitments to the ‘Seventh Resource’ The Bureau of International Recycling has launched a global Manifesto to demonstrate how the items we discard and the goods society recycles have the power to combat climate change and – potentially – change the world in which we live. read more … Calls for Chinese Government to Redefines “Carried Wastes” 08.12.2017 13:33 Bureau of International Recycling Responds to China WTO Notification Clarification about the GB Standards that accompanied the Chinese WTO notifications on 15 November 2017 has been called for by the Bureau of International Recycling. read more … Half of Global WEEE to be Produced in Asia-Pacific Region by 2025 30.10.2017 13:09 BIR Committee: Ambitious Plans to Tackle India’s Growing E-Waste Mountain Interested parties have until May 2018 to digest its contents of the Bureau of International Recycling E-Scrap Committee’s meta study of reliable generation and flow data ahead of a full discussion in Barcelona. read more … Negative Perception Remains Despite Evidence on Recycled Product 25.10.2017 11:16 No Health Risk from Recycled Tyre Rubber Crumb, BIR Conference Told “Extremely negative” publicity continues to surround the use of tyre-derived crumb rubber in synthetic turf despite evidence from all studies worldwide concluding there is no risk to human health, according to the Bureau of International Recycling. read more … World Steel Recycling in Figures 19.10.2017 10:57 BIR: More Balanced Ferrous Recycling Market Expected for Rest of Year Overall Scrap demand is healthy and volatility is expected to be lower than in previous months, it was reported to the latest BIR Ferrous Division meeting by board member Tom Bird. read more …
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