BIR: 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 materials, including ferrous and non-ferrous metals, recovered paper and plastics, the latest online meeting of the BIR's International Environment Council (IEC) was warned yesterday by its Chairman, Olivier François of Galloo.

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