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BIR Convention: Everybody wants it, yet no one does
While Europe may move to retain more of its nonferrous scrap, politicians in two other nations could enact policies to keep it out. Throughout 2021, prices for aluminum, copper and other types of non ...
Mill demand for recovered paper remains high
Demand is outpacing supply of recovered paper in the June buying period, and some anticipate this trend will continue throughout the summer. Recyclers across the U.S. have noticed an uptick in demand ...
International Environment Council: Revision of EU Shipment Regulations Could Pose Serious Export Threat
The European Commission is considering changes to EU waste shipment regulations that could prove to be of “tremendous importance” and potentially highly damaging to export flows of many recycling mat ...
Rendez-vous avec Arnaud Brunet, DG du BIR - Une situation toujours « difficile et contrastée »
La convention de printemps du Bureau International du Recyclage (BIR) s’est tenue, cette année encore, dans un contexte très particulier. Tout s’est-il déroulé selon vos attentes ? Nous avons inaugur ...
Convention du BIR: Menace sur les exportations de l’UE
Bruxelles.- Du 31 mai au 2 juin inclus, le BIR a tenu en distanciel sa convention sur le recyclage. Sur le marché des ferrailles, les mois écoulés ont été très denses, entre l’envolée des prix mondia ...
Congrès du BIR: Les recycleurs sortent les griffes
Alors que l’on tentait ici la semaine dernière de donner une définition du recycleur, le BIR (Bureau International du Recyclage) nous rappelle fort opportunément que la Commission européenne se pench ...
LA INDUSTRIA DEL PAPEL RECUPERADO CREE QUE ENDURECER LAS RESTRICCIONES A LAS EXPORTACIONES EUROPEAS SERÍA CONTRAPRODUCENTE
El excedente de fibra recuperada en Europa es actualmente de entre 7 y 8 millones de toneladas al año y prohibir los envíos fuera de la UE podría incluso abaratar la importación de papel de Asia, seg ...
Higher prices for recycled resin mostly seen in markets with content mandates
Sharply higher prices for recycled plastics are a "wonderful situation," but the gains are more confined to markets with legal requirements for mandated recycled content, according to a panel at an i ...
‘It’s not enough just to use a magnet to recover the metal’
A complex environment, new products and changing consumer preferences are all part of the challenge of recycling electronic and electrical equipment, according to leading e-scrap experts. That challe ...
BIR: PCR en 2020 : analyse du président de la division Papier, Jean-Luc Petithuguenin
Le BIR vient de publier son rapport annuel 2020 avec les données clés de l'industrie du recyclage. Jean-Luc Petithuguenin, président de la division papier, y fait le point : « Nous savions que 2020 a ...
Metals recycling in EU could collapse under new rules, companies say
Europe's metals recycling industry could collapse under the European Commission's proposed changes to waste shipments that clamp down on exports to encourage recycling, members of the Bureau of Inter ...
