On 17 September 2020, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published the 12th batch of waste import quotas for 20 ...
The 12th Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG-12) of the UN Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal took place virtually on September 1 and 3, with ...
As from 1 September 2020, Chinese customs authorities have been tightening the enforcement of the existing regulations regarding imports of recycled plastics pellets. They impose a penalty of between ...
Dear fellow members, Despite all our efforts and best intentions to offer you a “physical” World Recycling Convention this October in Brussels, I must now confirm that a face-to-face meeting is not p ...
The Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning’s Circular dated 3 September 2020* limits paper and plastic recycler’s imports to a maximum of 50% of their production capacity, requiring them ...
It is now more than six months since COVID-19 began to dominate headlines around the world. Responses to the pandemic have been modified over time and have varied from country to country. For this re ...
On 14 August 2020, the BIR News item "China: Recycling copper and aluminium raw material suppliers - 20-day deadline for qualification certificate application" informed BIR members of the China Nonfe ...
Enjoying your summer? Great! This is the perfect time to catch up on everything you might have missed from BIR during your holiday! From 2 to 23 June 2020, BIR organised a series of 11 online commodi ...
On 18 August 2020, the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China published the 11th batch of waste import quotas for 2020* ...
China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association Recycling Metal Branch gives recycling copper and aluminum raw materials suppliers 20 days from today, 14 August 2020, to apply for their free qualificati ...
Discover the key findings of a new statistical analysis of paper and board recycling developed by BIR on behalf of its Paper Division for the benefit of its members, the paper sector as a whole, poli ...
