On 6 July 2020, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published the 9th batch of waste import quotas for 2020*. Ac ...
According to reports from our contacts in China, the country’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment has confirmed that China will be banning the import of solid waste as from 2021 and therefore will n ...
The European Commission has just published a notice on the “Withdrawal of the United Kingdom and the EU Rules in the Field of Transboundary Shipments of Waste”, which provides more explanations on th ...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) e-learning tool “Control of Radioactive Material Inadvertently Incorporated into Scrap Metal” was launched three weeks ago. Since then, more than 150 peo ...
Nearing the end of a quarter that has been utterly dominated by COVID-19, the world recycling association has called upon the experience of BIR Ambassadors to provide the latest update on the pandemi ...
Discover the highlights of BIR’s first-ever series of webinars, including the session recordings, which give you a unique insight in the current challenges in our different market segments. Now, more ...
The World according to … the BIR Young Traders The BIR Young Traders Group has authored the latest issue of the Young Traders Gazette in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this edition, committee ...
On 16 June 2020, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published the 8th batch of waste import quotas for 2020*. A ...
Shredder: 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 incident ...
E-Scrap: Pandemic takes a heavy toll on supply Technology is playing a vital role in nursing the world through the current pandemic, not least by enabling businesses to continue to function through f ...
The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has released its 2019 Annual Report that highlights key recycling industry developments and data as well as the organization’s activities on behalf of its ...
Spotlight on Trade: A time for “forbearance, understanding and patience” BIR’s first-ever Global eForum started on June 2 with the Spotlight on Trade, which offered a timely analysis of the practical ...
