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 ...
Informe anual 2019 de BIR - Aprendiendo del pasado para planificar el futuro
La Oficina de Reciclaje Internacional (BIR) publica su Informe Anual 2019 que destaca los desarrollos y datos clave de la industria del reciclaje, así como las actividades de la organización en nombr ...
E-Scrap: el alto coste de la pandemia
¿Cómo afectará todo el uso tecnológico que estamos haciendo estos meses? La tecnología está desempeñando un papel vital en el mundo durante la pandemia actual, en particular al permitir que las empre ...
Recycling industry is strategic, essential and intrinsically resource-efficient
In a wide-ranging review of legislative developments affecting the recycling industry, BIR Trade & Environment Director Ross Bartley opened the first-ever International Environment Council (IEC) eFor ...
India ‘biggest headache’ among US scrap exporters
US metal scrap recyclers see the ‘tough’ lockdown in India as the biggest overseas trade issue to emerge during the coronavirus pandemic, leading to bank closures and docks being unavailable. ‘None o ...
‘Got a business dispute? Hire a mediator!’
‘These are unprecedented times,’ said scrap trader Michael Lion of Everwell Resources in China in his role as moderator of an online discussion presented by the Bureau of International Recycling. Acc ...
Non-Ferrous Metals Scrap Traders Anticipate a boost from China
Metal prices will struggle to maintain current levels as the true economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic begins to emerge, it was suggested at the Non-Ferrous Metals commodity session of the BIR Gl ...
Non-Ferrous Metals: Scrap traders anticipate boost from China
Metal prices will struggle to maintain current levels as the true economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic begins to emerge, it was suggested at the Non-Ferrous Metals commodity session of the BIR Gl ...
US dollar safe haven loss may spell more metals price volatility
The US dollar, typically used for pricing metals, is no longer considered a safe haven for investors and this could mean more price volatility in metals, including scrap, moving forward, a commoditie ...
