INTERVIEW
9recyclinginternational.com | July/August | 2022
HOW WOULD FURTHER SCRAP
EXPORT RESTRICTIONS AFFECT
INDIVIDUAL RECYCLING
BUSINESSES?
‘The impact would be dramatic for
many companies whose business is
built on scrap exports. As an exam-
ple, Galloo processes 1.2 million
tonnes of ferrous scrap of which half
(some 600 000 tonnes) is exported,
and of that some 30% is shipped to
Turkey, the world’s biggest steel
scrap consumer. Imagine the conse-
quence for Galloo’s business if that
trade was cut off.’
WHAT ELSE IS ON YOUR TARGET
LIST BESIDES FIGHTING SCRAP
EXPORT RESTRICTIONS AND
ADVOCATING FREE TRADE?
‘I leave paper and textiles to others
within EuRIC and primarily focus on
topics I have knowledge of. One is the
revision of the End-of-life Vehicle (ELV)
Directive. In Europe there are still mil-
lions of cars that just disappear and
the European Commission wants
tighter controls. There will be more
responsibility for car manufacturers
through ever-strict extended producer
responsibility (EPR) schemes. It’s not
the car industry that wants this, it’s
Brussels. The question is, what will this
mean for recyclers? I’ll tell you, it’s a
big threat for them since car produc-
ers will get more control over ELVs
and the scrap material flows, which
now is more where it should be: at the
recyclers. As a result, in the future car
recyclers will no longer be free. More
and more, we will be become the
slaves of systems created by policy
makers. But let one thing be clear: I
promise that at EuRIC we will do our
utmost to get the best out it for recy-
clers.’
Fotobijschrift
EuRIC president Olivier François and vice-president Alicia Garcia-Franco of the Spanish recycling industry body FER.
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