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BIR World Recycling Convention Week 2020 E-Scrap Committee: Excessive Restrictions Can Obstruct Path to Increased Circularity
The growing volume of regulation surrounding e-scrap was creating…

BIR World Recycling Convention forced to go fully online due to pandemic, offering virtual networking opportunities
Today, BIR announces that its World Recycling Convention scheduled…

BIR’s Global eForum: Business Activity despite the Virus
The lockdown and the social distance requirements because of…

BIR Global eForum – Shredder Committee: BIR Survey to Shed Light on Top Safety Hazards within Shredder Operations
The BIR Shredder Committee was “very excited” about its first-ever…

BIR Global eForum – Plastics: Demand-Pull Measures Crucial to Recycling Industry’s Survival
Demand for recycled plastics has been “very weak”, “huge”…

BIR Global eForum – Tyres and Rubber: Renewed Threat to Crumb Rubber Use as Infill in Sports Pitches
With impeccable timing, the BIR Tyres & Rubber Committee…

BIR Global eForum – Paper: Paper Recycling Sector Needs to Be “Supported and Grown”
The paper recycling industry is little more than 20 weeks away…

BIR Ferrous Division: 11th Edition of “World Steel Recycling in Figures”
The BIR 2020 May Convention in Istanbul has been postponed to…

COVID-19: Update by BIR Member National Associations: The World Moves Tentatively into Reopening Phase
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, BIR has sought to collate…

Update by BIR Ambassadors: Lockdowns Exert a Stranglehold on Scrap Supply
In the latest of our series of updates on the world’s response…