China Moves to Make Limits on Solid Waste Imports Permanent
China’s top lawmaking body passed legislation signaling that the country intends to make limitations on importing solid waste from the United States, the United Kingdom, and other countries permanent ...
La industria mundial del reciclaje empieza a notar una tímida reapertura
Pese a que la actividad del reciclaje sigue a niveles muy bajos en todo el mundo, se espera que la relajación de las normas de confinamiento y la progresiva vuelta al trabajo de industrias y negocios ...
International used clothing markets stifled
International markets for used clothing are closed because of the direct ban on imports, lockdown measures or through other extraneous reasons, according to the UK’s Textile Recycling Association (TR ...
Evolución mundial de la industria del reciclaje durante la pandemia del Covid-19
En el transcurso de la pandemia de COVID-19, BIR ha tratado de recopilar comentarios de expertos sobre el impacto del virus en todo el mundo, con especial atención a cómo está afectando a la industri ...
Metals sector concern over merchant challenges
Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling has issued an updated summary on the scrap metal recycling industry during the coronavirus crisis around the world and in the UK. As part of the updat ...
Brasil é um dos poucos países onde a reciclagem de materiais não é considerada essencial
Mesmo assim, país tem uma das maiores cadeias de reciclagem de materiais do mundo, aponta estudo. O Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), que representa cerca de 30 mil recicladores em mais de 70 ...
The world reopens for business – slowly
The latest BIR update on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global recycling industry suggests many markets are moving into a tentative reopening phase. Since China began to reopen its econom ...
International reactions to COVID-19
Recycling associations and companies around the world have provided the BIR with insights on the effects of COVID-19. Across the globe, recycling companies and businesses connected to the industry ha ...
Global scrap industry begins to emerge from lockdown
UK metal recyclers are trading at only around 40% of pre-lockdown level where they have stayed open, the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has reported. In a survey of how the industry has been ...
How countries around the world are meeting challenges of recycling during pandemic
BIR (Bureau of International Recycling) based out of Brussels, Belgium, has collated expert feedback on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic around the world, with specific focus on how it is affec ...
Bleak future for smaller recyclers
A leading plastic recycler has warned that smaller recycling companies may not survive the Covid-19 pandemic as they struggle with a lack of liquidity caused by high stocks and large investments. Hen ...
BIR highlights demand for recovered paper
The COVID-19 pandemic has boosted demand and prices for recovered (waste) paper according to the Bureau for International Recycling. And, a rise in mixed paper and used cardboard values has been high ...
