Michael Brunn

Steinert will start a three-part online seminar series on different waste sorting technologies scheduled for mid-June.

Early 2023 had brought an improvement in market conditions for Europe's stainless steel sector following the low demand suffered in 2022, reported BIR Stainless Steel & Special Alloys Committee Chairman Joost van Kleef of Oryx Stainless in his opening comments to the body's latest meeting in Amsterdam on May 22.

"Over the last two or three years, more and more countries have begun to look at raw material security," observed BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division President Dhawal Shah of India-based Metco Ventures LLP in addressing the body's latest meeting, held in Amsterdam on May 22.

As well as celebrating BIR's 75 years in the city of its birthplace, the focus at the World Recycling Convention in Amsterdam was on a modern, connected future which puts international recycling at the heart of the circular and global economy.

The Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) 2023 exhibition and conference, held recently in Amsterdam, attracted a record number of visitors and exhibitors from across Europe and more than 80 different countries internationally.

Suzie Bourage became the first woman to be elected President of the Bureau of International Recycling in Amsterdam.

Orbex, according to their own statement, has launched the world's first marketplace for globally recognised authenticated recycled metals.

The European Topic Centre on Circular Economy and Resource Use (ETC CE) has investigated the quantity of used textiles exported from the EU.

The RECICAUTXU Project will promote the circular economy by reusing rubber waste from end-of-life tyres to make new industrial products.

It keeps food fresh and clean, makes it easy to transport, and tells you what's inside. Convenience is not a worry. But the chemicals recycled plastic food packaging carries are cause for concern, scientists warn.