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• China: additional import prohibitions for 32 types of solid waste
  China: additional import prohibitions for 32 types of solid waste On 19 April 2018, China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) announced that China will ban imports of an additional 16 types of solid waste from December 2018 and a further 16 types of solid waste from December 2019 in order to further standardise the management of solid waste imports, and to prevent, control and reduce environmental pollution. Sixteen types of solid wastes, including industrial plastic waste, waste hardwar...
• World Customs Organisation: Work to better identify E-Waste at Customs
  World Customs Organisation: Work to better identify E-Waste at Customs The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (“Harmonized System” - HS) is a multipurpose international nomenclature developed by the World Customs Organization for the classification of goods. It comprises about 5,000 commodity groups, each identified by a six-digit code, arranged in a legal and logical structure and is supported by well-defined rules to achieve uniform classification. Products are described in...
• United Nations: Revision of 'E-waste Technical Guideline' progresses
  United Nations: Revision of 'E-waste Technical Guideline' progresses The 'E-waste Technical Guideline' will inform Governments elaborating national laws for the export and import of E-waste and used equipment that is not waste. This Second Meeting of the UN expert working group on the E-waste guidelines took place in Geneva, Switzerland from 17 to 19 April.The full name of the 'E-waste Technical Guideline' is the 'Technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electrical and electronic waste...
• China: additional import prohibitions for 32 types of solid waste
  China: additional import prohibitions for 32 types of solid waste BIR reported in its News dated 23/04/2018 that all plastic waste and scrap, both industrial arisings and post-consumer scrap, will be prohibited for export to China by December 2018. This results from the prohibitions on imports to China of some 24 wastes that entered into force at the end of 2017 and the upcoming prohibition on industrial waste plastic set for 2019.BIR informed its members first, but subsequently has been informi...
• BIR publications: Annual Report 2017 and 9th edition of World Steel Recycling in Figures to be published at Barcelona Convention
  BIR publications: Annual Report 2017 and 9th edition of World Steel Recycling in Figures to be published at Barcelona Convention Two of BIR’s core publications are set to be released at the upcoming World Recycling Convention in Barcelona. The BIR Annual Report 2017 will provide a unique overview of the most important developments on the different commodity markets in 2017, offering a wealth of data regarding material flows, prices and future trends. Moreover, the BIR commodity divisions and c...
• Global Recycling Day – the global impact in numbers
  Global Recycling Day – the global impact in numbers As reported in the last eBrief, the Global Recycling Day has known a huge success. A movement has definitely been started – events, campaigns and efforts sparking up across the globe – with the Seventh Resource at its heart. Several major global brands have joined in (some already teed up for year two conversations). Engagement with the UN has surpassed expectations, the GRD manifesto has opened many doors and has been adopted at a grass...
• BIR President and Director General attend Annual ISRI Convention
  BIR President and Director General attend Annual ISRI Convention Both BIR President Ranjit Baxi and BIR Director General Arnaud Brunet attended the last ISRI Convention in Las Vegas from 15 to 19 April and participated in many of the very interesting meetings organized by ISRI for their attendees. Mr Brunet, who attended for the first time,  congratulated the ISRI team, starting with outgoing Chair Mark Lewon and President Robin Wiener for the quality of this successful event. On Tuesday 17, at...
• A Call to All BIR CONVENTION PARTICIPANTS - Your Organization crucially needs YOU!!
  BIR World Recycling Convention & Exhibition in Barcelona: (27) 28- 30 May 2018 International Trade Council, Tuesday 29th May 2018, 16:15 A Call to All BIR CONVENTION PARTICIPANTS: Your Organization crucially needs YOU!! BIR knows how valuable your precious time is during our exciting conventions and has always recognized that first and foremost the unparalleled opportunity to network with your fellow delegates must be a key priority at all times, along with benefiting from our dynamic range...
• Breaking News: China : CCIC North America certification suspended for one month as of 4 May 2018
  China : CCIC North America certification suspended for one month as of 4 May 2018  BIR was informed this morning of an official CCIC North America notice where CCIC North America informs that they have temporarily stopped processing applications and issuing of certificates for pre-shipment inspection on scrap materials exported from USA to China, and this for a one-month period ending 4 June 2018, inclusive. The Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) system is also temporarily closed. Certificates issue...
• China : General Administration of Customs tightens inspection procedures for shipments from USA
  China : General Administration of Customs tightens inspection procedures for shipments from USA  Following the news announcing the temporary suspension of CCIC North America certification operations in the United States, BIR provides the English translation of Notice No 152/2018 issued in Chinese by the General Administration of Customs. The Notice highlights China’s intention to “strengthen the inspection and supervision on importation of wastes as raw materials” from the United States w...