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• Partner Member (with no right to vote)
  Partner Members (with no right to vote) Any company with trading or industrial activities, association or organisation, interested or involved in recycling, which does not fulfil the requirements for effective membership. Effective Members and Partner Members will be charged membership dues. All members (a) must be validly incorporated under the laws and customs of their country of origin (b) must agree in writing to abide with the competition laws and the anti-trust guidelines of the Associati...
• BIR World Mirror on Non-Ferrous Metals - August 2012
  BIR World Mirror on Non-Ferrous Metals - August 2012 Increasing our collective knowledge As many of the world’s economies falter, the availability of non-ferrous scrap seems to decrease. The reduced flow of scrap can be attributed to: a downturn in industrial activity; economic considerations that might encourage hoarding hard assets instead of cash - usually evident in countries with high rates of inflation and diminishing currency utility; outright speculation that market values will increas...
• AQSIQ confirms that commercial data will be treated confidentially
  AQSIQ confirms that commercial data will be treated confidentially Following an official request by BIR, AQSIQ confirmed some days ago that the use of PSI electronic keys for the registration of overseas suppliers and importers as from 1 July 2012 should avoid any potential leak of business-sensitive information. Recently, some BIR member companies had expressed concern that data given to AQSIQ (company names, license numbers, description of goods etc.) for the purpose of registering overseas s...
• Recent BIR Rome Convention - Photos now online!
  Recent BIR World Recycling Convention & Exhibition in Rome Photos now available! During our last convention in Rome, an official photographer took some nice pictures of the Welcome Reception at the exquisite Villa Miani. These photos can be viewed here. The proceedings of the plenary sessions will also be available shortly!            ...
• Effective members (with the right to vote)
  Effective members (with the right to vote) Any company, professional organisation, federation or association involved in the collecting, trading and/or processing of recyclables and in the production of recycled materials, and actually belonging to the recycling sector: 1. National Federation or National Sectoral Organisation. i.e. any national professional organisation representing one or more commodity sector(s) in the field of recycling, which is/are represented within the Association (i.e....
• BIR World Mirror on Non-Ferrous Metals - February 2012
  BIR World Mirror on Non-Ferrous Metals - February 2012 In a better place than anyone else If metals prices were the sole basis of assessment of the world’s various economies, one would think that we’re in for widespread economic euphoria, but the experts claim otherwise. The continuing crises that plagued the Euro-zone last year are still with us; the American economy is not improving despite the fact that 2012 is a Presidential Election year; and the Chinese government will temper growth in...
• BIR World Mirror on Ferrous Metals / Quarterly Report - February 2012
  BIR World Mirror on Ferrous Metals - February 2012 PRESIDENT'S OPENING REMARKSby Christian Rubach, TSR Recycling The freshly-released Worldsteel figures for 2011 show a world crude steel production record of 1.527bn tonnes, which is equivalent to an increase of 6.8% when compared to 2010. All major steel-producing countries apart from Japan and Spain showed growth last year. The upturn in Asia amounted to 7.8% such that the continent accounted for 64.7% of global steel production. Indeed, China...
• BIR World Mirror on Recovered Paper / Quarterly Report - January 2012
  BIR World Mirror on Recovered Paper / Quarterly Report - January 2012 PRESIDENT’S REPORT featuring Asia by Ranjit Baxi, J&H Sales International Ltd The financial pressures that have plagued the Euro-zone for over 18 months are exerting themselves with increased force. Germany, Europe’s largest economy, posted its biggest fall in exports in October, showing that it is also not immune to this crisis. Overseas shipments fell by 3.6% compared to September and imports also shrank. However, th...
• BIR Rome Convention 2012: Programme now available!
  BIR Rome Convention 2012: Programme now available! BIR World Recycling Convention & Exhibition 2012, Rome, (29) 30 May - 1 June 2012 - Provisional Programme now available! The programme of the 2012 World Recycling Convention & Exhbition in Rome from (29) 30 May to 1 June 2012 at the Rome Cavalieri Hotel has just been released. The provisional programme in English (as well as summary versions in French and German), the registration form and the booking form for advertising space can be fo...
• IAEA publishes Radiation Safety Guide for metal recyclers
  IAEA publishes Radiation Safety Guide for metal recyclers BIR wishes to inform its members that this month, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has published its Safety Standard "Control of Orphan Sources and Other Radioactive Material in the Metal Recycling and Production Industries". This Safety Standard sets out certain responsibilities of operators in the metal recycling and production industries, besides assigning responsibilities to governments and their regulatory bodies. The Bu...