BIR 2019: BIR supports China’s move to rename ‘scrap’ metal, seeks clarity on classification at Nov meeting

In Chinese, “scrap” and “waste” are essentially being translated into the same word, which often undermines the value of high-quality scrap metal, Tom Bird, president of BIR said during a press briefing at the World Recycling Convention in Budapest, Hungary. In May 2019, the Chinese Nonferrous Metals Industry Association’s (CMRA) recycling metal branch submitted to the government a key proposal to rebrand high-quality copper...