BIR and Euric: Exports to non-OECD countries will be costly, complex under proposed rules
01 June 2022
Euwid
Businesses trading internationally in secondary raw materials are facing several potentially challenging regulatory changes in the coming years. At the Bureau of International Recycling's convention ...
BIR -Euric _Exports to non-OECD countries will be costly
BIR Convention: Trouble on the supply side for plastic
31 May 2022
Recycling Today
Although plastics recyclers are enjoying the benefits of “massive demand and extremely high prices,” they are struggling to source sufficient feedstock to enable them to cope with this “undoubted ...
"We as an industry now more than ever need to convey to the world the essential role we play in protecting the planet from climate change and the environmental damage caused by the extraction of ...
Cette édition restera sans aucun doute dans les annales tant par le nombre record de participants (1200 !) que par la qualité de leurs échanges. Après l'accueil du Président du BIR (Bureau ...
Newsletter Pap Argus 24mai2022 web.pdf
Euric calls for dialogue with steel industry on transfrontier waste shipment rules
31 May 2022
Euwid
In the conflict between scrap suppliers and their customers over possible export restrictions on ferrous scrap, Cinzia Vezzosi took an altogether more conciliatory tone at the BIR's spring ...
Repacar: WSR revision could "create captive market" for recovered paper
31 May 2022
Euwid
Representatives of the European recovered paper industry said the proposal for revising the EU Waste Shipments Regulation (WSR) was a threat to their businesses and to the free market at the Bureau ...
BIR appoints Alev Somer as deputy director trade and environment
30 May 2022
Euwid
The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has appointed Alev Somer deputy director trade and environment. According to the industry assocaiation, Ms Somer has over seven years of experience in ...
Ex-China global scrap consumption rebounds in 2021
30 May 2022
Argus Media
30 May 22, 17:44 - Metals, Ferrous, Scrap London, 30 May (Argus) — Ferrous scrap consumption increased across most major global markets in 2021 as steelmaking activity rebounded on the easing of ...
Scrap consumption BIR May 22.pdf
UK scrap metal industry's fuel costs triple under premature EV push - BMRA
30 May 2022
Fastmarkets
The bulk of scrap metal recyclers in the United Kingdom have seen their fuel costs triple in less than two months since the sector was banned from using red diesel (RD) which costs only half of ...
UK scrap metal industry fuel costs triple under premature EV push BMRA.pdf
BIR Convention: Europe’s ferrous scrap appetite growing
27 May 2022
Recycling Today
Steel mills are making adjustments to use more scrap, but traders worry about their ability to export the surplus. Although ferrous scrap crossed borders in abundance in 2021, trade policy concerns ...
“Challenge misconceptions about what we do,” BIR president urges members
26 May 2022
Waste Recycling Middle East and Africa
In his address at the BIR's General Assembly, Tom Bird urged members to convey to the world the essential role recycling industry plays in protecting the planet. “Over the years, we have allowed ...
Banning European scrap exports will hit investment
25 May 2022
Kallanish
Banning scrap exports will have hard consequences for the European domestic market, European Recycling Industries' Confederation (Euric) vice president Cinzia Vezzosi said at the Bureau of ...