The steel sector alone accounts for roughly 7% of global carbon dioxide emissions. If the world is serious about hitting climate targets, emissions from this heavy industry must fall by at least 50...
WRI India and America hosted a global webinar on the eve of World Environment Day (June 4, 20206) to examine the evolving landscape of steel sector decarbonization. The discussion drew on insights ...
In Afghanistan, entrepreneurs are transforming discarded plastic and scrap metal into affordable products, jobs and new opportunities. From recycling plastic into househ...
In the first webinar within our ‘Resilient & Optimised Grids’ Webinar Series, we explored practical insights on the groundbreaking closed-loop aluminium project from RTE, the French transmissio...
Advances in Photovoltaic Module Recycling, Interview Cara Libby, Task 12 Expert
What happens to solar panels at the end of their life—and how can we recover valuable materials more effectively?
In this interview, Cara Libby, lead author of the latest IEA PVPS Task 12 report o...
Companies reliant on fossil fuels have had ten years since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed to make decarbonisation plans and start rolling out new technologies, but are steelmakers doing the...
Yes we CAN! | Global recycling Day 2026
As the global federation of recycling industries, we are joining friends and colleagues around the world in celebrating #GlobalRecylingDay! ♻️
This year, we want to recognise the valuable recycled...
What does the LME do? | BIR Academy #LME #hedging #metals #metalstrading
The LME provides the recycling industry with price discovery, hedging & trading and risk management. Anyone dealing with metals, from smelters to miners to car makers use its prices as a refer...
London Metal Exchange 30 seconds to trade | BIR Academy #didyouknow #trader #trade #metals
"In this clip from our #BIRAcademy LME educational video series, we reveal just how important the last 30 seconds of trading in The Ring are to setting the global price for metals.
#MoreKnowledge...
Understanding the LME
The London Metal Exchange (LME) is essential to the world of metal trading and, by extension, to the global recycling industry. As the world's primary venue for price discovery, it establishes the ...
It’s time for steelmakers to get serious about Canada’s green iron potential. According to recent research by Lund University, Canada has all the core ingredients to become a leading exporter of ne...
Greg's here to give you the data highlights from our Steelmaker Transformation Tracker. Explore the tool here: https://steelwatch.org/tracker/
Are leading steelmakers really quitting coal? Taking the transition seriously and buying green iron? Watch now to get our Steelmaker Transformation Tracker data highlights in under a minute, or exp...
BIR Academy Intro
Welcome to the BIR Academy, where we share More Knowledge Together. This is an initiative from the Bureau of International Recycling. In the coming months, we will be producing a series of educatio...
Get a step-by-step introduction to how our tool works and how it can support you in this work. It offers comparable metrics for 22 major steelmakers worldwide on:
1) Emissions
2) Coal dependency
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Much of steel companies’ climate data is buried in company reports. Until now, it hasn’t been truly accessible, visual, or comparable.
Enter the Steelmaker Transformation Tracker: This tool bring...