IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

BIR unveils redesigned website to promote global recycling industry

The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has launched its new website www.bir.org after a major redesign in order to enhance its information services for its members, the public, the media and...

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BIR WORLD RECYCLING CONVENTION & EXHIBITION

The count-down is on for the next BIR World Recycling Convention & Exhibition. 2020 taught us the importance of resilience and that the recycling industry thrives on connections and collaboration. BIR...

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Issue 04/2018 “Now is your time,” keynote speaker tells recycling industry

BIR World Recycling Convention & Exhibition in Barcelona (27 – 30 May 2018)

Celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2018, the BIR has “accomplished a great journey during the last 70 years, growing from a handful of visionary recyclers to a global organisation with members in 70...

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BIR: CMRA qualification certificate free of charge and not mandatory – application deadline extended until end of year

On 14 August 2020, the BIR News item "China: Recycling copper and aluminium raw material suppliers – 20-day deadline for qualification certificate application" informed BIR members of the China...

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Bjorstaddalen’s fully automated MRF sets new standard for household recycling

Bjorstaddalen, a prominent Norwegian waste management company, has commissioned a new Material Recovery Facility (MRF) to provide decentralised, cost-effective household waste recycling using...

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BKK´25 – Berlin Sewage Sludge Conference

Where to put sewage sludge ash after 2029? Experts and industry players will discuss this and other current issues at this year's Berlin Sewage Sludge Conference, which will take place on 11 and 12...

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Black Bruin at IFAT: Hydraulic direct drives for shredding applications

Black Bruin hydraulic motors are a 60-year-old innovation. So you can justifiably say that they have maintained and endured – and that’s what sustainability is all about. Whatever we do, we try to...

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Issue 02/2023

Black plastics and supply chains

Dear Readers, Plastic has become an indispensable part of our everyday lives, both in our daily lives and in many industrial products. Living plastic-free is difficult to impossible, since we cannot...

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BO PAPER PISA, Brazil, orders complete recycled paper stock preparation line from ANDRITZ

BO PAPER PISA has selected international technology group ANDRITZ to supply a complete recycled paper stock preparation line with a capacity of 350 t/d for its paper mill in Jaguariaíva, in the state...

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Issue 05/2025 State-of-the-art PET sorting plant

Bollegraaf and AGIR build Switzerland‘s largest PET sorting plant

The commissioning of a state-of-the-art PET sorting plant in Zurich marks the beginning of a new chapter in the Swiss plastics recycling industry. The plant, developed by AGIR in collaboration with...

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