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BIR and Euric: Exports to non-OECD countries will be costly, complex under proposed rules
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 Convention: Trouble on the supply side for plastic
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 mustn't sleepwalk into regulation"
"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 ...
Euric calls for dialogue with steel industry on transfrontier waste shipment rules
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
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
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 ...
UK scrap metal industry's fuel costs triple under premature EV push - BMRA
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 ...
BIR Convention: Europe’s ferrous scrap appetite growing
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
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 ...
