Can balers and sorters achieve ‘green’ status?
Recyclers could benefit from financial incentives if their materials, machinery and equipment are recognised as ‘environmental goods’ contributing to environmental…
BIR convention hears calls for Basel review
Senior representatives of the recycling industry have called for a review of the structure, effectiveness and future direction of the…
Eurofer gloomier over steel outlook
Prospects for the steel market in Europe have worsened for the second half of 2022 and into 2023, according to...
Steep fall in Turkish steel scrap imports, India seeing ‘exponential growth’
Ferrous markets have seen major shifts in the past year with EU steel production declining, Turkish production and steel scrap...
Ford signs up to low carbon steel in Europe
Ford in Europe has announced agreements with Salzgitter Flachstahl, Tata Steel Nederland and ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe to secure supplies of low...
Tyre recyclers ‘no longer the poor relations’
An upbeat view of the end-of-life tyre (ELT) industry was delivered during the Tyres and Rubber session at the recent...
‘We don’t know where the bottom is’
Paper mills worldwide are struggling with the consequences of rocketing energy prices and BIR’s senior paper representative Francisco Donoso says...
Back struggling recyclers with cash, says BIR
The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) is calling for immediate financial aid for the recycling industry to offset the high...
One in four clothing items hang unworn in wardrobes
The average person in the UK owns 118 items of clothing – just over a quarter of which have not...
Gear change in non-ferrous prospects
The slump in global growth and more inward-looking policies by individual countries have undermined the previously robust markets for secondary...
Recyclers call for recycled content stance
MEPs have been urged to back mandatory targets for recycled materials in new products to support the recycling industry and...
