Michael Brunn
Chefredakteur
Recycling industry needs to be "on right side" of POPs argument
Manufacturers should receive no exemptions that allow them to market goods containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) unless they have first made financial provision for end-of-life environmentally sound management (ESM), it is argued in a draft position formulated by BIR and aimed at Parties to the Stockholm Convention on POPs.
22nd International Congress for Battery Recycling
The next congress in battery recycling ICBR 2017 organized by ICM AG will be held from September 20 - 22, 2017 in the Sheraton Lisboa Hotel & Spa in Lisbon, Portugal.
BIR: Free and fair trade must remain core principle
One of the main challenges currently facing the global recycling industry is "the increasing burden of legislative controls that does not help in the promotion of a smooth and efficient system of waste collection, segregation and transportation of recyclables," BIR World President Ranjit Baxi of J&H Sales International has insisted.
Crude steel production increases by 5 per cent
World crude steel production for the 67 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 142.1 million tonnes (Mt) in April 2017, a 5.0% increase compared to April 2016.
BIR confirms appointment of new Director General
The BIR Executive Committee under the presidency of Ranjit Baxi is pleased to announce the appointment of Arnaud Brunet as BIR Director General as from 1 June 2017.
March 18 2018 will be Global Recycling Day
Ranjit Baxi, President of the Bureau of International Recycling world body, has today that the first Global Recycling Day will take place on March 18th 2018. The day also marks the 70th anniversary of the creation of BIR.
EPRA disagrees on European declaration on paper recycling
The federation claims that the new declaration does not take into account the legitimate interests of the supply side of the paper value chain, which provides every day the secondary raw materials needed to manufacture new paper.
Call for a single measure of real recycling rates
Europe's steel, paper and non-ferrous metals recyclers are united in their call to EU Circular Economy trialogue negotiators: put an ambitious recycling measure first.
Laying down markers for plastic packaging recycling
New developments in marker technologies for sorting plastic packaging should not be viewed as 'the answer' to increasing recycling rates, however they could be valuable in other ways leading to higher quality and value in recycling, suggests Axion Consulting.
High value of scrap exports revealed
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) released new, independent data highlighting the important role scrap commodities play in U.S. exports.