Sabine Hatzfeld
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BIR Paper Division: Double headache for exporters
An "explosion" in container rates "had nearly dealt a death blow to the shipping of recovered paper", the latest BIR Paper Division meeting was told by its outgoing President, Reinhold Schmidt of Germany-based Recycling Karla Schmidt.
BIR: Recycling industry a major jobs creator
Use of the terms "scrap", "secondary raw materials" or "recycled raw materials" fully reflects their value as resources, the BIR International Trade Council's Chairman Michael Lion underlined at the body's latest meeting in Hong Kong on May 22.
BIR Shredder Committee: USA heads shredder plant league table
The USA and Europe are home to around 68% of the world's 914 shredders, it was revealed at the latest meeting of the BIR Shredder Committee, held at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre on May 23 under the chairmanship of Alton Scott Newell III of US-based Newell Recycling Equipment.
FEAD calls for EU guidance on the implementation of public procurement rules
The European Waste and Resource Management Industry Association FEAD is calling on the Conference on sustainable, innovative and socially responsible public procurement being held in Paris on 2 June to demand European Commission guidelines for Member States to ensure proper implementation of the EU Public Procurement Package.
MBT Jiangsu - High-Tech Waste Processing for China
More than 200 waste-to-energy (WtE) plants are operating in China nowadays. One of them in the City of Lianyungang, Shandong Province north of Shanghai, will be complemented by a pre-treatment plant for municipal solid waste (MSW). The Austrian-German technology firm Redwave designed the process of the entire plant.
BIR Ferrous Division: Chinese steel scrap exports likely to be "temporary"
The widespread closure of induction furnaces in China had helped to prompt flows of displaced steel scrap to India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan - despite the country's 40% export duty, it was reported to the BIR Ferrous Division meeting in Hong Kong on May 23 by board member Tom Bird of Liberty Steel in the UK.
BIR: Emergence of "multi-polar" scrap trading
Improved prices at the start of 2017 had led to a healthy availability of stainless steel scrap - but "these positive conditions were not to last". There had been a subsequent downward correction in nickel and stainless scrap values such that flows of the latter had slowed, explained Jonathan Bower of UK-based ELG Haniel Metals.
BIR: China planning "very severe" scrap import approach
China's reform of its scrap import regime will have potentially far-reaching consequences for the non-ferrous metals sector, the latest divisional meeting was warned by Ma Hongchang, BIR's advisor on the country's policy and regulatory developments. It was even possible, he told delegates in Hong Kong on May 22, that the Chinese government would go as far as to ban imports of certain items of mixed metal scrap.
Transfer Station Management on the Island of Mallorca
The Island of Mallorca has a modern, integrated waste management system. The initial contract signed by the Consell of Mallorca or the Government of Mallorca was signed in 1992 and awarded to Tirme SA.
Geesinknorba Spain showcases six new products at Tem Tecma 2016
On 15-17 June 2016, Geesinknorba Spain participated in the Spanish environmental exhibition - Tem Tecma - which was held at the Fira de Madrid Ifema exhibition centre in Madrid. The company had a large stand at the exhibition which showcased six new products.