Coverstory
BIR meets in Shanghai
Surviving under still-darker skies / 14
Home to more than 23 million people and to the largest container port in the
world, Shanghai is a city in a constant state of churn. In late May, around 1100
delegates and accompanying persons from a total of 57 countries converged on
this ever-expanding metropolis for the latest BIR World Recycling Convention.
It was clear that the skies overhanging the global recycling industry had
darkened still further during the seven months since the previous BIR
Convention. Squeezed margins and even survival prospects provided
points of debate at a number of the commodity meetings. This article
begins a comprehensive round-up from the meetings hall.
Sections
3 Viewpoint
6 Events Calendar
8 News
13 Product news
50 Next issue
Markets Analysis
32 Ferrous scrap
38 Stainless steel scrap
40 Non-fer rous scrap
44 Recovered paper
And also…
21 BIR Nickel & Stainless
Stainless production sector
‘on its knees’
22 BIR Non-Ferrous Metals
Salvo fired at ‘meddling’
governments
26 BIR Textiles
Used clothing in containers
a magnet for thieves
27 BIR Plastics
Recovered plastics demand to
scale ‘incredible’ heights
27 BIR Tyres
Europe edges closer to 100%
tyre collection rate
The ferrous scrap community has been largely
forced to operate in an environment of mounting
pessimism, austerity programmes and low con-
sumption, it was noted during the BIR Ferrous
Division meeting in Shanghai. On the upside,
there is the possibility that China will significantly
increase its scrap usage over the coming years.
The long reach of
unwanted intervention
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A new discovery by Finland’s VTT Technical
Research Centre could pave the way for further
innovation in paper and cardboard recycling, says
professor Ali Harlin. Along with other VTT experts,
he was able to establish a novel way to use such
material to create hygiene and homecare products.
According to the Metal Recycling Association of
India, the country is on track to become one of
the largest recyclable material generators over the
next decade. But for this to take place, India would
need to overcome the many challenges facing its
metals recycling industry today.
A recycled route to
non-wovens
Bumps in the road for
India’s metals recyclers
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Once again, an impassioned plea to the world’s
recovered fibre exporters to ‘re-focus on quality’
marked the BIR Paper Division meeting in
Shanghai. Outgoing president Ranjit S. Baxi left
delegates in no doubt that ignorance of individual
importing countries’ specific recovered paper
requirements was no excuse.
Quality advice to recovered
paper exporters
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