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 ...
Behind the Scenes of Scrap Yards: IAEA Launches Online Tools on the Control of Radioactive Material Inadvertently Incorporated into Scrap Metal
To assist the metal industry and regulatory bodies with the control and safety of the people from radioactive materials, the IAEA has launched online tools – a knowledge platform called “toolkit” and ...
One example of how granules shipments to China dried up
Due to low oil prices and coronavirus, demand for plastics scrap has dropped dramatically and so has the processing and shipment of materials, confirms Max Craipeau of Hong Kong-based Greencore Resou ...
BIR eForum digs into current state of international recycling, radioactive scrap e-learning tool launched
Recycling industry is strategic, essential and intrinsically resource-efficient according to Bureau of International Recycling On June 5th, BIR (Bureau of International Recycling) based in Brussels, ...
EU urged to introduce minimum recycled-content in rubber products
The European Parliament should "step in, just as it did for plastics," Max Craipeau, chairman of the BIR Tyres & Rubber Committee wrote in the Bureau's 2019 annual report. "Ten years ago, professiona ...
