1、Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 12 April 2004, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIBRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13437:2003 Packaging and material recycling Criteria for recycling methods Description of recycling processes and flow chart The European Standard EN 13437:2003 h
2、as the status of a British Standard ICS 13.030.50; 55.040 Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 12 April 2004, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIBS EN 13437:2003 This British Standard, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 27
3、February 2004 BSI 27 February 2004 ISBN 0 580 43510 5 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13437:2003. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PKW/4, Packaging and the environment, which has the responsibility to:
4、 A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International S
5、tandards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Stan
6、dard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and Europe
7、an developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 36, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amen
8、dments issued since publication Amd. No. Date Comments Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 12 April 2004, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN13437 May2003 ICS13.030.50;55.040 Englishversion PackagingandmaterialrecyclingCri
9、teriaforrecyclingmethods Descriptionofrecyclingprocessesandflowchart EmballagesetrecyclagematireCritrespourles mthodesderecyclageDescriptiondesprocdsde recyclageetschmadeflux VerpackungenundstofflicheVerwertungKriterienfr stofflicheVerwertungsverfahrenBeschreibungvon stofflichenVerwertungsprozessenu
10、ndFludiagrammen ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon11March2003. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnationa
11、l standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe
12、official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUn ited Kingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEU
13、ROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2003CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN13437:2003E Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 12 April 2004,
14、Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIEN13437:2003(E) 2 Contents Page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Normativereferences 5 3 Termsanddefinitions. .5 4 DescriptionofMaterialRecyclingProcesses. 6 AnnexA (normative) Packagingandpackagingmaterialflows.9 AnnexB (normative) Aluminiumpackagingandaluminiumpackag
15、ingmaterialflows12 AnnexC (normative) Glasspackagingandglasspackagingmaterialflows15 AnnexD (normative) Paper/boardpackagingandpaper/boardpackagingmaterialflows.19 AnnexE (normative) Plasticpackagingandplasticpackagingmaterialflows23 AnnexF (normative) Steelpackagingandsteelpackagingmaterialflows 28
16、 AnnexG (normative) Woodpackagingandwoodpackagingmaterialflows .31 AnnexH (normative) Otherpackagingmaterials.3 4 Bibliography 36 Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 12 April 2004, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIEN13437:2003(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN13437:2003)ha
17、sbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC261“Packaging“,the secretariatofwhichisheldbyAFNOR. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyNovember2003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatest byNovember
18、2003. ThisdocumenthasbeenpreparedunderamandategiventoCENbytheEuropeanCommissionandtheEuropean FreeTradeAssociation. ThisdocumentcontainsAnnexesA,B,C,D,E,F,GandHwhicharenormative. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplement
19、thisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal, Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom. Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 12 Apr
20、il 2004, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIEN13437:2003(E) 4 Introduction TheDirectiveonPackagingandPackagingWaste(94/62/EC)definesrequirementsforthemanufacturingand compositionofpackaging.EN13427providesaframeworkwithinwhichthisandotherstandardsmaybeused togethertosupportaclaimthatapackagingisincompliancew
21、iththeessentialrequirementsforpackagingtobe placedonthemarketasrequiredbytheDirective. ThisEuropeanStandardoutlinesthestagesthroughwhichpackagingpassesfromrawmaterialtotherecoveryof theusedpackagingafterithasserveditspurpose.Itamplifiestheserequirementsbydescribingtheprocessof materialrecyclingforth
22、evariousmaterialsusedforpackaginganditsprincipalaimistoprovidepracticalguidance. Therecyclingprocessesusedfortherecoveryofusedpackaging,(whichareoftencomprisedofmorethanone material)andotherusedapplications,areinfluencedbythreemainaspects: 1) thematerialfromwhichtheproductismanufactured; 2) thesourc
23、eoftheusedpackaging;and 3) theapplicationforwhichtherecycledmaterialisintendedtobeused. Considerationofalltheseaspectsisnecessaryinordertooptimisethetechnical,economicandenvironmental effectivenessoftherecoveryoperations.ThisEuropeanStandarddescribestherecyclingoperationsforthemain materialtypesandt
24、heirpositionwithintheoverallmaterialproduction,useandrecoverycycle. Materialrecyclingofusedpackagingshouldbeseenwithintheoveralllifecycleofproductsandpackaging.The purposeofpackagingisthecontainment,protection,distributionandpresentationofproductsincludinginstructions astotheiruse.Amajorroleisoneofp
25、reventionofdamage/wastageoftheproductscontainedinthepackaging. Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 12 April 2004, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIEN13437:2003(E) 5 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandarddefinesthecriteriaforarecyclingprocessanddescribestheprincipalexistingprocess
26、es formaterialrecyclingandtheirinterrelationship. Bothpackagingandrecoverytechnologiesaresubjecttocontinuingandrapiddevelopment.ThisEuropean Standarddescribesthepresentstageofknowledgebutmaybesubjecttomodificationsinthelightofnew developments. TheessentialrelationshipbetweenthisandthefivemandatedEur
27、opeanPackagingStandardsandone (mandated)CENReportisspecifiedinEN13427. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetextandthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferen
28、ces,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN643, PaperandboardEuropeanlistofstandardgradesofrecoveredpaperandboard
29、. 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingtermsanddefinitionsapply: 3.1 packaging allproductsmadeofanymaterialsofanynaturetobeusedforthecontainment,protection,handling,deliveryand presentationofgoods,fromrawmaterialstoprocessedgoods,fromtheproducertotheuserortheconsume
30、r “Nonreturnable“itemsusedforthesamepurposeshallalsobeconsideredtoconstitutepackaging. Directive94/62/EC 3.2 recycling reprocessinginaproductionprocessofthewastematerialsfortheoriginalpurposeorforotherpurposesincluding organicrecyclingbutexcludingenergyrecovery Directive94/62/EC 3.3 feedstockrecycli
31、ng recyclingwherebytypicallyorganicmaterialsareconvertedintolowmolecularweightproductswhicharereused fortheproductionofothermaterialsorinotherchemical/productionprocesses 3.4 packagingwaste anypackagingorpackagingmaterialcoveredbythedefinitionofwasteinDirective75/442/EEC,excluding productionresidues
32、 Directive94/62/EC 3.5 scrap materialwhichhaspassedthroughoneormoreoftheoperationsofproduction,conversionandfillingbutisnot partofthepackagingorthepackagingmaterialsoldforitsintendedpurpose Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 12 April 2004, Uncontrolled Copy, (c
33、) BSIEN13437:2003(E) 6 3.6 reconditioning necessaryoperationstobringareusablepackagingbackintoafunctionalstate andhavingthesamebasic specificationastheoriginalpackaging NOTE Anoperationcarriedoutonausedpackaging,whetheroriginallysuppliedasasingletriporreusablepackaging,to bringitintoafunctionalitemo
34、fpackagingbutwhichchangesitsbasicspecificationisdefinedasrecycling,andnot reconditioning. 3.7 primaryrawmaterial materialwhichhasneverbeenprocessedintoanyformofenduseproduct EN13430 3.8 secondaryrawmaterial materialrecoveredforuseasarawmaterialfromusedproductsandfromscrapwiththeexceptionofthescrap a
35、risingwithinaprimaryproductionprocess NOTE Theprecisenatureoftheprimaryproductionprocessmayvarybetweenmaterialsectors.Referencetotherelevant flowdiagramwillclearlyidentifythisprocess. 3.9 recyclingprocess processwhichconvertscollectedandsortedusedpackaging andscrap,togetherinsomeinstanceswithother m
36、aterial,intosecondaryrawmaterialorproducts 4 DescriptionofMaterialRecyclingProcesses 4.1 Criteriaforrecyclingprocesses Thebasiccriterionforarecyclingprocessisthatithasaspecifiedinputofused(packaging)materialfromwhichit recoversvalueinusablematerial.Recyclingofusedpackagingwillhaveaninputofusedpackag
37、ing,whichmayor maynotbeprocessedwithothermaterials,andtheoutputwillbefeedstockormaterialusedintheproductionof newproducts,whichmay,ormaynot,beforpackagingapplications.Therecyclingprocesswillvarysubstantially accordingtothematerialtobeprocessed,thesourcefromwhichitcomes,andtheapplicationsforwhichthe
38、recovered/recycledmaterialistobeused. Additionallytherecyclingprocesswillusescrapfromthevariousproduction,fillingandpackagingoperations. Subsequenttotheprimaryproductionprocess,therecyclingprocessisausefulmeansofdivertingthismaterial fromlandfill.Itshouldbenotedthatusedpackagingreprocessedthroughmat
39、erialrecyclingwillbeincludedinthe recyclingratedescribedbyDirective94/62/EC,whilescrapwillnotbeincludedinthisrate. Wherethesecondlifeapplicationhasahighdemandforcleanlinessandconsistency,therecyclingprocesswill berequiredtoensureahighlevelofremovalofextraneous/differentmaterialwithstagesintherecycli
40、ngprocess forcleaningtherecoveredmaterialbywashing,deinkingetc.Inotheroperationswherethenewapplicationhasa lowerdemandonthespecification,separationofsmallamountsofextraneousmaterialmaynotbenecessary,nor complexcleaningoperations.Itwillbeenvironmentallyandeconomicallywrongtobaserecyclingonthehigheren
41、d ofthequalityspecification,andtherecyclingoperationisoftendesignedtomeetthespecificneedsofthesource recoveredproductsandtheapplicationforwhichtherecycledmaterialistobeused. Tocoverthiswidediversityofprocesses,thefollowingclausesintroducethemethodologyanddetailed descriptionsoftherecyclingprocesses.
42、 Detailedinformationonthespecificmaterialrecyclingprocessesisgivenintheexplanatorynotesfortheindividual materialflowcharts. Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 12 April 2004, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIEN13437:2003(E) 7 4.2 GeneralFlowChart TheGeneralFlowChartisi
43、nannexAanddefinesthePackagingandPackagingMaterialFlowsforpackagingin general.ExplanatorynotestoannexAgivethedefinitionoftheflowsdesignatedbylettersinthediagram.The natureofsomeflowsisalsoindicatedbytextinthediagramandthemainprocessesareidentifiedbytextonthe diagramwithadditionalinformationprovidedas
44、appropriateinannexA. 4.3 MultiComponentPackaging Forpackagingtoeffectivelymeetitsfunctionalrequirements,theunitofpackagingwilloftencomprisemorethan onecomponent.Examplesoftheseare: aliquidcontainerwithalabelandclosurewithasealingpadinsidetheclosure; acorrugatedcasewithadhesivetapeormetalstaplestoeffectclosure; adrumwithlooselinerwithlidandlabels. Formaterialrecycl
