Bureau of International Recycling

🌐 BIR is attending and actively contributing to the 5th session of negotiations to develop a Global Plastics Treaty (INC-5) in Busan, Republic of Korea. The first two days saw intense discussions as delegates worked to shape a global treaty on plastic pollution.♻️ 💡Key issues included ✅ Plastic products and chemicals (design, production, chemicals of concern, and emissions), ✅ Waste management ("legacy" vs. "existing" pollution, and global vs. national measures), and ✅ Objectives and scope (clarifying treaty goals and incorporating life cycle considerations). While progress was made, Alev Somer and Dasa Paulikova report on the challenges that remain with expanding text and procedural debates. Delegates are striving to balance ambition with practicality as they are trying to move closer to consensus.🤝🌏 BIR has submitted its comments, highlighting key messages for INC delegates and emphasizing a lifecycle approach to #plastics. Key points include promoting #designforrecycling, setting #recycledcontenttargets, investing in #recyclinginfrastructure and adopting a cautious approach to chemical recycling. It also urges #fairtrade to support recycling, particularly in developing regions with limited recycling capacities. 🔄 #PlasticsTreaty #INC5 #Sustainability #Recycling #GlobalAction #CircularEconomy

For three exceptional days, Bureau of International Recycling Director General Arnaud Brunet and I have received exemplary hospitality from our hosts at the Bureau of Middle East Recycling conference in Dubai under the capable leadership of President Mir Mujtaba Hussain. Thank you for our personalised safety helmets 🙏 BMR serves as the voice of the Middle East Recycling Industry and we have greatly appreciated this opportunity to support our member association. We look forward to working with them in pursuit of their ambition for one language, one vision, one goal to enhance the effectiveness and cohesion of the recycling industry worldwide. #KeepRecycling

🎙️Proud to see our longstanding member George Adams of SA Recycling share his wisdom and expertise in the second podcast series of The Green Steel Challenge.⚙️ As a board member of the BIR Ferrous Division, George actively promotes #recycledsteel as the central ingredient for green #steelmaking.♻️ Take a listen via the links below: Apple 👉 https://lnkd.in/edndbUtQ Spotify 👉 https://lnkd.in/eWkD4Vkc Amazon 👉 https://lnkd.in/euHWVNFe Now also available on other major podcast channels via https://lnkd.in/er2ijCij Shane Mellor Mogens Bach Christensen Tom Bird Michael Gaylard John Sacco Moosa Kazim Bernd Meyer Denis Reuter Quintin Starkey Daniel Pietikäinen Arnaud Brunet Susie Burrage OBE #GreenSteel #Recycling #Sustainability

🌟 Great session moderation by BIR President Susie Burrage OBE on "Next-GEN Recyclers Vision 2030" at the Bureau of Middle East Recycling Convention in Dubai! 🌍 💬 The session was marked by dynamic discussions as the next generation of #recyclingprofessionals shared their insights into the industry's current challenges and future opportunities. The panel presented innovative strategies and fresh perspectives, creating a powerful bridge between the present and the future of #recycling. ♻️✨ The inspiring ideas and visions presented by these young leaders are certainly paving the way for a sustainable and thriving #recycling sector. #Recycling #Sustainability #FutureLeaders #CircularEconomy

🔄At the ongoing Bureau of Middle East Recycling (BMR) Conference in Dubai, BMR President Mir Mujtaba Hussain chaired a very constructive meeting bringing together several #recycling associations from across the globe and BMR board members. 🌟 This collaborative forum was an opportunity to discuss the future of recycling on a international scale. BIR, the global federation of recycling industries, was represented by President Susie Burrage OBE, Director General Arnaud Brunet and Communications Committee Chair Ibrahim Aboura. 🌏🤝 Together, they participated in fruitful discussions on how BIR can further strengthen its role as the unified global voice of the #recyclingsector. The collective message was clear: the industry needs a united vision to address global challenges, advocate for open markets, and advance #sustainablepractices worldwide.♻️ Recycled Materials Association (ReMA) EuRIC - The European Recycling Industries Colin Kelly Robin Wiener Julia Ettinger (Blees) Material Recycling Association of India #EricTan #MalaysiaNonFerrousMetalsAssociation

🌏 BIR Trade & Environment Director Alev Somer and Trade & Environment Policy Officer Dasa Paulikova are representing BIR in #Busan, Korea 🇰🇷, at the 5th Session of the #UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5), working towards the adoption of a legally binding instrument on #plastic pollution. 📅 Today marks 1,000 days since the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) adopted its resolution to end plastic pollution. However, negotiations on the draft treaty text are still ongoing, with hopes of finalising it for adoption by the end of this week. 🔄 Stay tuned as discussions progress, with BIR advocating for the #recyclingindustry’s interests to ensure the full life cycle of #plastics is addressed in the treaty. ♻️ #INC5 #Sustainability #RecyclingMatters #GlobalAction #CircularEconomy #PlasticTreaty #EnvironmentalPolicy #EndPlasticPollution

🔋🔄BIR Trade & Environment Policy Officer Federico Zanotti is actively contributing to the second meeting of the United Nations Basel Convention Small Intersessional Working Group (SIWG) on waste #batteries technical guidelines (TGs). The group is advancing its work on updating the TGs for the Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) of Waste Lead-Acid Batteries (WLAB) and developing new TGs for the ESM of Other Waste Batteries (OWB). 💡Key Discussions: ✅WLAB: The group addressed specific challenges concerning the ESM of these end-of-life batteries, including labeling and traceability, the role of the informal sector in the collection and recycling of plastics from battery treatment. ✅OWB: Discussions focused on identifying the different types of end-of-life batteries, categorised by their chemistry, to be included under the scope of the TG and therefore the Basel Convention. For each battery type, the TGs aim to provide guidance, among other things, on existing methodologies for each of their respective recycling steps, like discharging, disassembling, shredding, and black mass processing. 📄The outcome documents from the meeting will be reviewed at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, scheduled for 28 April to 9 May 2025 in Geneva. ♻️ 🌏 #Sustainability #Recycling ♻️ #CircularEconomy #BatteryRecycling #LeadAcidBatteries 🪫#EnvironmentalManagement #BaselConvention #TechnicalGuidelines 📘#ESM #PolicyDevelopment

📍 https://lnkd.in/eASqintw BIR publishes new #PositionPaper on #FreeTrade of #RecycledMaterials: Government interventions putting businesses, jobs and #recyclingrates at risk #Regulations and policy interventions that stifle the #freetrade of recycled materials are hampering achievement of #sustainabilitygoals and undermining the transition to a #circulareconomy, the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) insists in its latest position paper approved during the meeting of the organisation’s World Council of Recycling Associations on 30 October in Singapore. Entitled “Free Trade of Recycled Materials”, the position paper stresses that, to prevent such unwanted outcomes, the #recyclingindustry must be properly represented wherever policy decisions that affect #trade in #recycledmaterials are being made.   #Recycledmaterials have long played a critical role in global manufacturing #supplychains and will remain key to addressing climate challenges as sustainable alternatives to extracted natural resources. But to be competitive, the global #recyclingindustry depends on stable market access. Therefore, the position paper maintains, policies should ensure the free and fair flow of these materials.   Although this trade enables the efficient distribution of #recycledmaterials to regions where they are most needed, governments worldwide have intensified policy interventions that hinder flows across borders, according to BIR (...) Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eBVyvBe5   Bureau of Middle East Recycling (BMR) Canadian Association of Recycling Industries(CARI) CMRA (China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association Recycling Metal Branch) BDSV Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Stahlrecycling- und Entsorgungsunternehmen e. V. Federación Española de la Recuperación y el Reciclaje FEDEREC TUDAM Recyclable Waste Materials Manufacturers Association EuRIC - The European Recycling Industries @ANIR A.G. China Sustainable Plastics Association bvse Bundesverband Sekundärrohstoffe und Entsorgung Gremi de Recuperació de Catalunya British Metals Recycling Association Assofermet Dutch Waste Management Recycled Materials Association (ReMA) INESFA VDM Verband Deutscher Metallhändler und Recycler e. V. Repacar Textile Recycling Association Inland Importers and Consumers Association IGMNiR - Economic Chamber of Non-Ferrous Metals and Recycling Arnaud Brunet Susie Burrage OBE Dasa Paulikova Material Recycling Association of India ♻️Alev Somer Daniel Pietikäinen Federico Zanotti Paul Coyte Shane Mellor Martin Böschen Francisco Donoso lafuente Henk Alssema Joost van Kleef Max M. Craipeau ♻️ Josephita Harry Dhawal Shah Ibrahim Aboura 👇 Download the full #positionpaper below 👇

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📚 The final article in the latest edition of #TheRecyclist is by industry legend Michael Lion ✨   Spanning his 50-year career in #nonferrous metals recycling♻️ and his active involvement in BIR, where he successfully led several divisions and committees, Michael demonstrates just how much the industry, and BIR, have changed over the years.🌏   💬"It is so important to remember where we have come from as individuals and businesses, as this will help secure the success of our future." 💫 Check it out (Pages 51-54) 👉 https://lnkd.in/g_k-aJnk   #MyFavouriteArticle #MustRead #RecyclingIndustry