The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) and the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) have jointly stated that they are deeply concerned over the decisions made at the Summit on the Future of the European Steel Industry, held in Paris on February 27, 2025. The main concern is the intention of ensuring access to raw materials by retaining scrap within the EU and the proposal to restrict or ban scrap exports to third countries that do not adopt environmental and production legislation similar to that of Europe.

Noting that the European recycling industry processes over 100 million mt of steel annually, with approximately 80 percent of the total output utilized in the domestic market, the organizations stated that there is no shortage of recycled steel in Europe, contrary to the basis on which the proposals are based.

Expressing that metal recyclers will already face increased challenges when exporting recycled steel following the adoption of the Waste Shipments Regulation, the organizations noted that stringent control measures on recycled steel represent an obstacle towards increased circularity. “Implementing additional export restrictions, when no material shortage exists, would artificially suppress prices of recycled steel,” the organizations said.

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欧洲回收工业联合会（EuRIC）和国际回收局（BIR）联合表示，他们对2025年2月27日在巴黎举行的欧洲钢铁工业未来峰会上作出的决定深表关切。主要关注的是通过在欧盟内部保留废料来确保获得原材料的意图，以及限制或禁止向不采用与欧洲类似的环境和生产立法的第三国出口废料的提议。

这些组织指出，欧洲回收行业每年处理超过1亿吨钢材，其中约80%的总产量用于国内市场，他们表示，与提案所依据的基础相反，欧洲并不缺乏回收钢材。

这些组织表示，在《废物运输条例》通过后，金属回收商在出口再生钢材时将面临越来越多的挑战，并指出，对再生钢材的严格控制措施是提高循环性的障碍。这些组织表示：“在不存在材料短缺的情况下，实施额外的出口限制将人为地抑制再生钢的价格。”。