IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

Issue 05/2021 Immission control

Binding dust with water mist

Dust is always generated during the processing, storage and handling of bulk materials and during recycling. This leads to enormous adverse effects on people and the environment and to increased wear...

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Issue 01/2022 Amendment

Biowaste Ordinance Amendment: New Doppstadt Solution Ensures Compliance with Requirements

The Amendment to the Biowaste Ordinance (BioAbfV) meets with a lot of criticism among experts and associations because they think the requirements are technically unfeasible. Furthermore they fear an...

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BIR celebrates 75th anniversary

This May, BIR goes back to its roots! Join us in Amsterdam, the birthplace of BIR, for a memorable 75th anniversary celebration during our 2023 World Recycling Convention & Exhibition on (21) 22 to 24...

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BIR postpones World Recycling Convention in Istanbul

After due consideration of the current spread of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) in many countries across the globe, BIR leadership has decided to postpone the upcoming World Recycling Convention in...

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Issue 02/2019

BIR Singapore: THE place to be for the international recycling industry

Following two successful events in 1990 and 2011, Singapore will once again host the BIR World Recycling Convention in May 2019. The event brings the global recycling community to the heart of the...

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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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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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