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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...

07.05.2021 more

Call for EU Green Week 2021 Partner Events

Are you organising an event related to environmental topics between the 3 May and 13 June? Would it be relevant to the EU Green Week 2021 theme – Zero Pollution ambition for air, water and soil? Take...

25.02.2021 more

Terex Ecotec increases foothold across Europe

Terex Ecotec announced the appointment of three new distributors across Europe – Biocare in Sweden, Troost in The Netherlands, and Mycsa in Spain and Portugal. All three will represent the full range...

08.02.2021 more

Li-Cycle and New Flyer team up to complete heavy-duty battery recycling pilot

Li-Cycle Corp. (Li-Cycle), a lithium-ion battery recycling company in North America, announced its successful completion of a battery recycling pilot with (TSX: NFI) New Flyer Industries Canada ULC...

13.01.2021 more

Germany’s households are guilty of producing THIS much e-waste

Christmas is right around the corner and Germans across the country have already begun shopping for their loved ones. One of the most popular Christmas ‘gifts’ will be electronic products, but as...

11.12.2020 more

RECYCLING-TECHNIK & SOLIDS in Dortmund will take place in June 2021 according to exhibitor survey

In view of the extended partial lockdown, exhibitors at RECYCLING-TECHNIK & SOLIDS are advocating postponing the industry event to June 16 and 17, 2021. In a survey conducted by the organizer, a clear...

09.12.2020 more

Leading players seek overhaul of e-waste policy approach

A leading group of stakeholders in the e-waste sector is calling on the EU to fundamentally change its policy on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The WEEE Forum, a prominent...

25.11.2020 more

Conference: Recy & DepoTech 2020 - Are you already registered?

Due to the new corona requirements in the district of Leoben (traffic light color RED) and at the Montanuniversitaet Leoben (internal traffic light color ORANGE) we unfortunately had to convert our...

13.11.2020 more

EUMICON Digital Conference “Recovery. Made In Europe”

EUMICON invites all interested to join the digital conference “Recovery. Made In Europe” on 18 November 2020 – organized in partnership with the European Commission. The opening keynote remarks will...

05.11.2020 more

Digital double green week

The biggest digital exhibition for the green world is about to start: From 3 to 15 November, ECOMONDO and KEY ENERGY 2020. In Italy, the recent Prime Ministerial Decree (DPCM) has suspended every kind...

27.10.2020 more

IFAT impact Business Summit – Knowledge and networking: participation can be planned now

From plastic recycling and climate-resilient cities to insights into the markets of China, India and Africa: participants of the digital IFAT impact Business Summit can now plan their individual...

03.09.2020 more

TOMRA Recycling publishes new eBook unveiling the potential of connected machines

Connected machines and cloud-based data storage is transforming how businesses collect, access and analyze data. The recycling industry is at the advent of discovering the power of data reported by...

02.09.2020 more

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...

27.08.2020 more

Safe waste- and clinical material handling

As infrastructures are currently challenged by the coronavirus, Cross Wrap wants to emphasize the importance of automatic and safe waste- and clinical material handling. The contaminated and...

24.07.2020 more

Ecomondo and Key Energy 2020

The central themes of the Green New Deal and the recovery fund as well as the serious climate changes that the pandemic has highlighted even more greatly, the transition towards renewable energies,...

23.07.2020 more

The BIR World Recycling Congresses are back

BIR remains committed to providing a forum for networking and business exchange because the organization knows how important its events are to members. Therefore, BIR announced that it will continue...

20.07.2020 more