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Towards sustainable recycling: 

A role of ESM? 

Joint Study Groups Workshop on Metals Recycling

St Petersburg, 10-12 September 2003

By Guy THIRAN (Eurometaux)

Content

Non-ferrous metals recycling: a sustainable business
Obstacles and incentives!
Towards fair trade and competition
What role for ESM?

Non ferrous metals recycling: a sustainable business

International legislation still addresses recycling
solely under an environmental perspective

Excessive constraints in term of trade control and
treatment permit conditions
No consideration for the socio-economic and environmental
benefits of recycling

Metal recycling is key to metal production

Scrap, ashes and residues = raw material and not waste

Sustainable activity

Metals are infinitely recyclable
Energy and resources savings
Key in product policy (design): encourage use of metals

Recyclability and recycling must be promoted rather
than penalized
A business perspective must prevail in any policy
development
The complexity of the regulatory environment affecting
recycling must be reduced

Eurometaux Recycling Issues Matrix

* 1 = high business impact, 2 = medium business impact, 3 = low business impact

3

Movement/Control (Basel Convention/OECD/Transport
regul.)

2

Slags

1 (3)

ESM - Environmentally Sound Management

1 2