New Stainless Steel Recycling Site in Thailand

In April, Oryx Stainless (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a market leader in stainless steel recycling in Thailand and South East Asia, celebrated the opening of its new site in Bangpakong (Chachoengsao province, Thailand). More than 200 guests from Thailand, all over Asia and Overseas traveled to Bangpakong to congratulate staff, management and shareholders of Oryx Stainless […]

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Pacific Region: Programs for Waste Management and Climate Change Adaptation

Two programs amounting to almost 32 million Euro were signed by the European Union (EU) Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, on the occasion of his visit to the Pacific. The goal is to promote sustainable waste management and support adaptation efforts to the effects of climate change. “They underline the EU’s strong […]

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Trelleborg Lanka Places Serial Order for EnviroCB – Annual Value of Approximately 180,000 EUR

After successful production tests, Trelleborg Lanka (Pvt) Limited has today placed three initial orders for serial delivery of Enviro’s recovered carbon black (EnviroCB) for production of solid tires. The three orders consist of deliveries up until October 2019, forecast for the remainder of 2019 and 2020 is established by Trelleborg Lanka at a later stage. […]

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The WEEE Forum Appoints Global Ambassador to Support its Worldwide Focus

In order to continue to share and enhance its e-waste operational know-how throughout the world, the WEEE Forum appoints Philip Morton, its former President, as ‘global ambassador’, tasked with encouraging start-up e-waste take back organisations across the globe to join the WEEE Forum family. In the past few years, many countries in the world adopted […]

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Ranjit Baxi Sets 1 Billion Outreach Goal for Next Year’s Global Recycling Day

Dubbed the “United Nations of Recycling”, the World Council of Recycling Associations (WCRA) convened in Singapore on May 21 to hear about a hugely successful Global Recycling Day 2019. The event held on March 18 this year registered at least 275 media hits and racked up an outreach exceeding 687 million people around the world, […]

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International Environment Council: New Listings for Plastics Waste

New listings agreed at the United Nations’ recent Basel Convention meeting in Geneva will effectively re-categorise non-hazardous plastic waste that is not recyclable or is difficult to recycle as requiring special consideration. This is almost certain to lead to a reduction in transboundary movements of these materials, it was reported by BIR’s Trade & Environment […]

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International Trade Council: “We need to educate people that we are the solution,” insists outgoing BIR President

Recycling makes an annual contribution of US$ 350 billion to global GDP and this figure is forecast to rise to US$ 500 billion by 2025. By that same year, the recycling industry is likely to be responsible for the annual saving of a billion tonnes of carbon emissions. “This industry has a brilliant future,” declared […]

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Tom Bird Carries “Great Optimism” into his Role as BIR’s Latest World President

With recycling representing “a major solution” to the problems of the environment, the recycling industry must strive to show the important role it is playing in safeguarding the future of the planet. So said the BIR’s new World President Tom Bird, Chief Operating Officer of Hong Kong-based Chiho Environmental Group. His initial two-year term was […]

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General Assembly: Andy Wahl Appointed as Interim BIR Treasurer

Andreas “Andy” Wahl, President of TAV Holdings Inc. (USA), has been appointed as interim BIR Treasurer following the election of previous Treasurer Tom Bird as the global federation’s World President. Mr Wahl will fill this position until the end of the Treasurer’s mandate in May 2020. A familiar figure within BIR for many years, Andy […]

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General Assembly: Tom Bird Elected New BIR President

At the 2019 General Assembly of the Bureau of International Recycling on Tuesday, 21 May 2019 in Singapore, the world recycling body elected its new President, the British national William T. Bird of Chiho Environmental Group. A long-standing and very active member of the organisation, Mr Bird was approved by the General Assembly for a […]

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