BIR Meeting Told 6-7m Tonne Capacity Expected by 2023 2019-10-25 15:52:43 Turkey to Take Europe's Surplus Recovered Paper Fibre for Recycling? Turkey could become the destination of a significant proportion of Europe’s recovered fibre surplus over the next 3-4 years, it was said at the latest meeting of the BIR Paper Division. read more ...
Challenges & Innovations for WEEE Recycling Outlined in Budapest 2019-10-18 14:30:53 Change of Approach from ‘Hazard’ to ‘Risk’ Urged at BIR E-Scrap Committee Meeting At the recent BIR E-Scrap Committee meeting, held this week in Budapest, the core of a guest presentation outlined the key challenges and innovation in WEEE recycling within Europe. read more ...
Global Recycling Foundation Backs Katowice Climate Package 2019-02-04 15:04:42 Recycling’s Role in COP24 Agreement to Tackle Climate Change Championed The Global Recycling Foundation has welcomed the agreement announced at COP24 for governments to agree to a robust set of guidelines for implementing the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. read more ...
Education & Research Key to Promoting Recycling 2019-01-30 13:24:35 New Website & Branding for Global Recycling Foundation The Global Recycling Foundation, launched at last year’s Bureau of International Recycling’s World Recycling Convention, has unveiled a new logo and website. read more ...
European Chemicals Agency to Rule on Health Impacts of Rubber Granules from Recycled Tyres 2018-10-12 13:23:33 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” 2018-10-12 11:47:40 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 2018-10-08 14:27:10 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 2018-06-04 15:14:01 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 2018-05-30 11:53:21 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 2018-03-02 15:13:27 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 2018-02-22 16:01:57 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 2017-12-13 14:08:43 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 ...
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