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  Events Upcoming Events 2010 World Recycling Convention & Exhibition Istanbul, (30) 31 May - 2 June 2010 Istanbul is the only city in the world that bridges two continents. Its beauty lies in its ability to embrace the contradictions that bless it: ancient and modern, mythical and earthly, religious and secular, East and West. Elected joint European Capital of Culture 2010, this magical megacity understands trade and traders. One of the world’s natural meeting places... where everythi...
• Contact
  Contact   BIR Secretariat 24 Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 1050 Brussels Belgium T: +32 2 627 57 70 F: +32 2 627 57 73 bir@bir.org Link to nearby Hotels  General Secretariat  Director General: Arnaud Brunet (FRA) bir@bir.org Trade & Environment Director: Ross Bartley (GBR) rbartley@bir.org Communications Director: Elisabeth Christ (DEU) echrist@bir.org Convention Manager: Cristina Munteanu (ROU) cmunteanu@bir.org Membership-Marketing Manager: Raïssa Wolteche (BEL) rwolteche@bir.o...
• BIR World Mirror on Recovered Paper - July 2015
  BIR World Mirror on Recovered Paper / Quarterly Report - July 2015 Ranjit Baxi, J&H Sales International Ltd International Markets with a focus on Asia We continue to trade under mounting geopolitical stresses, with failure to find an acceptable agreement between Greece and its creditors as well as increasing currency volatility following the strengthening of the US dollar and the weakening Euro.European economies continue to benefit from a combination of relatively low oil prices, a depreci...
• Recent BIR World Recycling Convention in Amsterdam - Non-Ferrous Metals Division: “Resilient” recyclers can “reinvent” themselves
  Recent BIR World Recycling Convention (Round-Table Sessions) in Amsterdam (24-25 October 2016) Non-Ferrous Metals Division: “Resilient” recyclers can “reinvent” themselves Falling commodity prices, reduced scrap availability, uneven manufacturing growth, high regulatory costs and reduced overseas demand are just some of the challenges that have forced a restructuring of the scrap industry in the USA, pointed out Mark Lewon, President of Utah Metal Works and Chair of the US Institute of S...
• Ferrous Metals
  MaterialsFerrous metals are mainly composed of iron and have magnetic properties. Steel, an iron alloy containing carbon, is by far the most-recycled material in the world. Total steel production in 2008 reached 1.3 billion tonnes, of which over 500 million tonnes were made from scrap metal. The most commonly recycled items are scrap from industrial processes, end-of-life products such as containers, vehicles, appliances, industrial machinery and construction materials.The use of scrap metal has...
• Non-Ferrous Metals
  MaterialsThe most commonly used non-ferrous metals are aluminium, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, titanium, cobalt, chromium and precious metals. Millions of tonnes of nonferrous scrap are recovered annually and used by smelters, refiners, ingot makers, foundries, and other manufacturers. Secondary materials are essential to the industry’s survival because even new metals often require the combined use of recycled materials.New metals made using recycled material Aluminium > 33% Copper > 40%...
• Global Recycling Foundation calls on the world to combat climate change by championing recycling
  
• Paper
  MaterialsMade from vegetable fibres called cellulose, paper as we know it today was first created in China more than two thousand years ago. Since the advent of the printing press in the 15th century , its use has spread across all continents to the extent that, currently, it is hard to imagine the world without this versatile material. More than 400 million tonnes of paper and cardboard are produced worldwide every year, with more than half coming from recovered sources.Approximately 50% of rec...
• Textiles
  Materials Today, clothing not only responds to practical needs; fashion has become a form of self-expression and the sheer volume and variety of textile products available on the market have reached unprecedented levels. The textile industry is a $1 trillion worldwide business. But textiles are not used just for clothes - they are also in our homes, hospitals, workplaces and vehicles,in the form of cleaning materials, leisure equipment and so on.. Recovering and recycling textiles provides both...