PET Bottle-to-Bottle plant in Myanmar
| Sorema has announced the achievement of all qualitative and quantitative parameters at the start-up of the PET post-consumer bottle washing and recycling plant at Commercial Plastics in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma).
Pyrolysis building new reputation as complex, high-investment business
| Rubber recycling from tyres had been rendered difficult in the past because of competition from virgin, but technological advances now meant that “the momentum is really changing”, insisted BIR Tyres & Rubber Committee Chairman Max Craipeau (Greencore) in his introductory remarks in Amsterdam on May 24.
Recycling of incinerator flue gas residues
| Emerson is helping HaloSep to optimise its process that turns hazardous incinerator flue gas residue from waste-to-energy plants into usable materials.
Low prime prices prompt worrying shift away from recycled raw materials
| Regulation is required not only to create stability in supply and demand for recycled raw materials but also to assist the further development of the recycling industry, insisted BIR Plastics Committee Chairman Henk Alssema (Vita Plastics) in Amsterdam on May 24.
BIR: Help and advice readily available to make the workplace safer
| Taking the proactive approach to safety was one of the key themes to emerge from the BIR Shredder Committee meeting in Amsterdam on May 23.
Vast room for improvement in pursuit of circular textiles economy
| Some 73% of used textiles are still destined for energy recovery or for landfilling, whereas only 1% are recycled in a closed loop.
Metso introduces battery black mass recycling process
| The process complements Metso’s battery minerals technology offering, which covers concentration and hydrometallurgical processing as well as related services.
BIR: Putting together the pieces of the global e-waste puzzle
| The global reach of e-waste issues was illustrated at the latest meeting of the BIR E-Scrap Committee, with guest presentations shedding light on the latest developments in Europe, South America and the Middle East.
Recyclers call for a Waste Shipment Regulation that promotes plastics circularity
| In view of starting trialogue negotiations on the Waste Shipment Regulation, EuRIC recalls main messages for achieving coherence between the Waste Shipment Regulation and the future Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
Ferrous Division: Terminology and energy costs dominate at Amsterdam meeting
| The BIR Ferrous Division meeting on May 23 heralded the release of its 14th edition of “World Steel Recycling in Figures”.
Think local, act local
| The report „Mapping local plastic recycling supply chains“ by The Circulate Initiative analyses plastic recycling in various Asian countries and makes suggestions for improving their supply chains.
Steinert’s three-part online seminar series
| Steinert will start a three-part online seminar series on different waste sorting technologies scheduled for mid-June.
BIR: Under-threat European stainless steel industry “no longer cost-competitive”
| Early 2023 had brought an improvement in market conditions for Europe’s stainless steel sector following the low demand suffered in 2022, reported BIR Stainless Steel & Special Alloys Committee Chairman Joost van Kleef of Oryx Stainless in his opening comments to the body’s latest meeting in Amsterdam on May 22.
BIR: Environmental issues are global and require a collective solution
| “Over the last two or three years, more and more countries have begun to look at raw material security,” observed BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division President Dhawal Shah of India-based Metco Ventures LLP in addressing the body’s latest meeting, held in Amsterdam on May 22.
BIR looks to the future
| As well as celebrating BIR’s 75 years in the city of its birthplace, the focus at the World Recycling Convention in Amsterdam was on a modern, connected future which puts international recycling at the heart of the circular and global economy.
