Plastics: Demand-pull measures crucial to recycling industry’s survival
Demand for recycled plastics has been “very weak”, “huge” stocks are overhanging the market and many companies are struggling with “a lack of liquidity”, while at the same time low oil values have dr ...
BIR survey to shed light on top safety hazards within shredder operations
The BIR Shredder Committee was “very excited” about its first-ever membership survey into shredder-related incidents and injuries, reported its Chairman Alton Scott Newell III of Newell Recycling Equ ...
INSIGHT: How recycling sector will overcome 'one of the most challenging times'
LONDON (ICIS)--Consequences brought on by the pandemic have posed a severe threat to the global recycling industry and its future remains in jeopardy without support. Speakers at a webinar hosted by ...
BIR Shredder Committee launches membership survey
The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) Shredder Committee launched its first membership survey into shredder-related incidents and injuries on 9 June. Targeted at companies operating shredders o ...
Is China reinforcing its wall against imported scrap—again?
A media report indicates 80 people at as many as 38 companies have been detained because of “illegal trash imports” arriving in China. This comes just as some agencies in that nation have worked towa ...
Demand-pull measures crucial for plastics recycling, according to BIR eForum
Low oil prices combined with pandemic a "nightmare" for the plastics recycling sector, high quality output is paramount Addressing the BIR Plastics eForum on June 10, Henk Alssema from Vita Plastics ...
L’acciaio da riciclo cresce nel mondo: può rendere più sostenibile l’industria siderurgica
630 milioni di tonnellate di rottami di acciaio vengano riciclate ogni anno, evitando così circa 950 milioni di tonnellate di emissioni annue di CO2 C’è un’industria che va. Covid o non covid, l’indu ...
Major revival of e-scrap volumes ‘in the coming months’
The pandemic may take a heavy toll on electronics scrap supply but there’s light at the end of the tunnel with worldwide volumes picking up again, experts agreed during an online discussion hosted by ...
BIR Global eForum: Safety, emissions issues part of 2020 shredding landscape
New BIR questionnaire targets accident prevention analysis; in Europe, emissions are attracting attention. The Shredder Committee of the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has pre ...
BIR Global eForum: Focus on lower emissions should benefit ferrous scrap use
Although the iron ore-fed basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steelmaking process dominates in the world’s two largest steel production nations—China and India—global pressure to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) e ...
BIR eForum – Much higher Recycling Key to Greener Steel Making
At the Bureau of International Recycling’s (BIR) first-ever eForum commodity session held yesterday, online delegates heard that the ferrous scrap industry “has great long-term prospects” given the i ...
