Recycling industries strongly oppose call for trade restrictions
EuRIC and BIR jointly express profound concern over the conclusions reached during the Summit on the Future of the European Steel Industry held in Paris on 27 February 2025.
EuRIC and BIR jointly express profound concern over the conclusions reached during the Summit on the Future of the European Steel Industry held in Paris on 27 February 2025.

However, the experts for ferrous slags, who have formulated similar goals in their core demands for sustainable resource management, are calling for rapid implementation: for example in European public procurement law and in the regulations for the use of new slags from decarbonized steel production.

Founded in the late 1970s, J. Obermeier provides a broad range of earthworks, demolition, civil engineering and haulage services throughout the greater Freising and Munich areas from its base of operations in Abersberg.

Plastic scrap from Waldorf is returned to EcoCortec's plant in Beli Manastir. This partnership enables the recovery and reuse of plastic scrap, incorporating it back into high-quality finished goods. Upon arrival from the German facility, the recycled polymer is inspected at EcoCortec, re-granulated using reprocessing equipment, and tested in the lab.
The European Parliament's draft report on the End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Regulation, currently discussed, raises serious concerns about its impact on circularity in the automotive sector.

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

This year's Green Alley Award goes to Ukrainian startup, S.Lab for its agricultural waste and mycelium packaging innovation.

Thousands of professionals involved in plastics recycling and the sustainable use of plastics are expected to attend this year's event, which is set to be more than 50% bigger than ever before, with over 320 exhibitors and more than 60 expert speakers.
The European Recycling Industries' Confederation (EuRIC) gathered around 100 participants, from policymakers, recyclers and NGOs in Brussels on 18 April 2023 for its first conference dedicated to tyre recycling.