BIR IN THE PRESS
BIR World Recycling Convention: Plastics recyclers look to the future
BIR Plastics Committee Chairman says he believes the longer term prospects for plastics recycling are promising. Henk Alssema of Netherlands-based Vita Plastics and chairman of the Bureau of Internat ...
Chemical recycling of plastics ‘10 years away’
It would be “optimistic” to suggest that chemical recycling will become a viable outlet for waste plastics inside the next decade, a specialist in the sector has said. The comments came from Rob de R ...
BIR 2019 Budapest Convention Coverage
The European non-ferrous scrap market is oversupplied and sellers at this week’s Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) conference in Hungary were eagerly approaching buyers in the hope of offloadin ...
BIR World Recycling Convention: ‘Unacceptable delays’ in moving material across borders
Speakers call for recycling industry to develop its own standards. Guest speaker Chris Slijkhuis of Austria-based Müller-Guttenbrunn Group (MGG) said one of the primary challenges affecting waste ele ...
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. At the recent Bur ...
BIR backs global recycling directory
The Bureau of International Recycling is appealing to national associations in the world’s leading economies to ensure their governments know the scale of the recycling sector within their borders. B ...
BIR World Recycling Convention: Emphasizing education
BIR President Tom Bird emphasizes the need to point out the economic and environmental benefits of the recycling industry. Tom Bird, the chief operating officer at Chiho Environmental Group, Hong Kon ...
Kerbside collections ‘add to textiles pressure’
European textile recyclers have expressed concerns over pricing pressures brought on by increasing quantities of low grade material, and discussed the European Union’s plans for more kerbside collect ...
BIR World Recycling Convention: Delegates discuss global trading landscape
Bureau of International Recycling president calls on attendees to be nimble and proactive in current market conditions. Despite the multiple challenges in the recycling industry, there are also many ...
BIR World Recycling Convention: Outlook for Europe’s recovered fiber surplus
Delegates indicate that Turkey could provide a home for Europe’s recovered fiber over the next three to four years. During the Bureau of International Recycling’s (BIR’s) World Recycling Convention O ...
BIR World Recycling Convention: Nonferrous scrap flows forever transformed
Speakers emphasize the need for quality. Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) Nonferrous Metals Division President David Chiao of Uni-All Group Ltd., Atlanta, said the primary issue ...
“Misrepresented” recycling industry is telling “the right story”
Despite the multiple challenges engulfing the recycling industry, there are also many reasons to be optimistic about its prospects. This was the overarching conclusion drawn by contributors to a deba ...
