Free for ISRI members and non-ISRI members.
Registration is required.
Recycled material trade flows between the U.S. and Canada were valued at more than $8.4 billion in 2022. ISRI Specifications help facilitate trade in recycled materials by providing a common language for buyers and sellers of recycled commodities including ferrous (iron, steel) and nonferrous metals (aluminum, copper, nickel, magnesium, zinc, etc.), electronics, paper, plastics, glass, tire, and rubber. Widespread adoption of the specifications also plays a key role in increasing the use of high-quality recycled materials within the North American supply chains.
The webinar provides U.S. and Canadian industry participants, government officials and other stakeholders with more information about the new online resource, and to encourage the use of the specifications as a trade promotion tool for recycled materials.
Joe Pickard serves as the chief economist and director of commodities at ISRI. Since 2010, Pickard has directed ISRI’s research and analysis on recycled commodity markets and the key economic role recycling plays in the U.S. and globally. Previously, Pickard served as the economist for the International Copper Study Group in Lisbon, Portugal. As a member of the Industry Trade Advisory Committee (ITAC) No. 5, he serves as an advisor to the U.S. Trade Representative and U.S. Commerce Department on trade issues related to nonferrous metals and critical minerals. Pickard holds an M.A. in economics from Virginia Tech and a B.A. from Loyola University Maryland.