BIR backs recyclers' interests amid global uncertainty

Olivier François, Chairman of BIR's International Environment Council (IEC), told attendees on 27 October that free and fair trade had long been a core principle for BIR. But the international situation was changing dramatically quickly. There were members in the recycled plastics industry who advocated that "recycled plastic produced in Europe should stay in Europe and be protected from the import of cheap plastics from abroad." This is particularly true, he added, when EU authorities ban the export of recycled plastics for "environmental" reasons.