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BIR: Global scrap market to stay firm, uncertainties persist
This year, the global scrap market has faced an unprecedented situation: a supercycle in the commodities market, switching of China from a potential scrap exporter to an active scrap importer, furthe ...
Shipping's container chaos to continue, DP World exec says
The chaos being experienced in the global container shipping industry is expected to continue for some time with a shortage of an estimated four million boxes creating havoc with congestion, routes a ...
Plastic scrap faces cross-border peril
Proposed regulations to inhibit international plastic scrap trading could be gaining momentum. Presenters and panelists at several Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) 2021 World Recycling Convent ...
BIR World Recycling Convention focused on robust commodity markets in a challenging global environment
The 145th Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) World Recycling Convention & Exhibition took place online this week from May 31st to June 2, providing a platform for the international recycling sec ...
BIR : Une 3ème journée clé pour les matières recyclées
PARIS/BRUXELLES/VISIO (MPE-Média) – La 3ème et dernière journée de la Convention virtuelle 2021 du Bureau international du recyclage (BIR) réunissait ce 2 juin les dirigeants des divisions et comités ...
BIR TEME QUE LA REVISIÓN DE LAS NORMAS SOBRE TRASLADOS DE RESIDUOS DE LA UE LIMITE LAS EXPORTACIONES DE MATERIALES PARA EL RECICLAJE
La organización mundial del reciclaje asegura que Europa genera excedentes de materiales secundarios de calidad que su mercado interno no puede absorber, mientras muchos países en desarrollo necesita ...
Recycling fundamental to preserving our existence on Earth
With the title “Cosmic sustainability: the Universe is a Recycler”, BIR’s latest Keynote Address was delivered by Lucy Hawking - journalist, novelist, educator and, perhaps most famously, daughter of ...
BIR: EU regulation revision could threaten scrap exports
The European Commission is considering changes to EU waste shipment regulations that could prove to be of “tremendous importance” and potentially highly damaging to ferrous scrap export flows. So sai ...
Global container capacity ‘12% below demand’
The worldwide shortage of shipping containers is putting severe strain on global trade and recyclers have been warned they could lose out in competition for the limited capacity available. The warnin ...
