1、BSI Standards PublicationBS EN 50625-1:2014Collection, logistics 29.100.01; 31.220.01Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity fromlegal obligations.This British Standard was published under the authority of theStandards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 March 2014.Amendments issue
2、d since publicationDate Text affectedBS EN 50625-1:2014EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 50625-1 NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM March 2014 CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comit Europen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europisches Komitee fr Elektrotechnische Normung CEN-CENELEC
3、Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B - 1000 Brussels 2014 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members. Ref. No. EN 50625-1:2014 E ICS 13.030.99; 29.100.01; 31.220.01 English version Collection, logistics promoting increased material recy
4、cling; promoting high quality recovery operations; preventing inappropriate disposal of WEEE and fractions thereof; assuring protection of human health and safety, and the environment; preventing shipments of WEEE to operators whose operations fail to comply with this normative document or a compara
5、ble set of requirements. This European Standard supports the objectives of the Communitys environment policy. These aim to preserve, protect and improve the quality of the environment, protect human health and utilise natural resources prudently and rationally. That policy is based on the precaution
6、ary principle and the maxims that preventive action to minimise environmental damage should, where possible, be rectified at source and the polluter should pay. This European Standard contains requirements applicable to the treatment of all types WEEE. In the future it will be supported by other sta
7、ndards covering particular treatment requirements for (gas discharge) lamps, flat panel displays, cathode ray tubes (CRTs), photovoltaic panels and other equipment containing volatile fluorocarbons or volatile hydrocarbons and other deliverables on collection and logistics, also re-use. Additionally
8、 this standard will be supported by a technical report which will provide a more detailed comparison between normative treatment requirements derived directly from the legal text of Directive 2012/19/EC, especially Annex VII, and between informative treatment requirements going beyond the strict req
9、uirements of Directive 2012/19/EC. This European Standard has been prepared in order to support European legislation and so uses some of the terms defined in European law. In order to ensure that the definitions used in this standard are identical to those defined by law these terms are identified a
10、s void, indicating that this standard does not contain a definition, and a Note to entry that identifies which law contains the legal definition and the term as defined in that law. BS EN 50625-1:2014EN 50625-1:2014 - 6 - 1 Scope This European Standard is applicable to the treatment of waste electri
11、cal and electronic equipment (WEEE). This standard will be supplemented, for example by standards covering specific equipment. NOTE This European Standard is intended to cover WEEE arising from electrical and electronic equipment as listed in Annex I and Annex III of Directive 2012/19/EU. This stand
12、ard applies to the treatment of WEEE until end-of-waste status is fulfilled, or until the WEEE is prepared for re-use, recycled, recovered, or disposed of. This standard addresses all operators involved in the treatment including related handling, sorting, and storage of WEEE. 2 Normative references
13、 The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 148
14、99, Characterization of waste Sampling of waste materials Framework for the preparation and application of a sampling plan EN 50574:2012, Collection, logistics the properties of hazardous waste are described in Annex III of Directive 2008/98/EC. 3.20 lamp electric light source, for general or specia
15、l lighting purposes, but excluding filament bulbs Note 1 to entry: General lighting can include straight and compact fluorescent lamps, high intensity discharge lamps including high pressure sodium and metal halide lamps, low pressure sodium lamps, and Light Emitting Diodes (including organic). Spec
16、ial lighting is provided by lamps for the purpose of spreading or controlling light (UV lamps, projection lamps, xenon lamps, etc.). A non-exhaustive list can be found in Directive 2012/19/EU. 3.21 lamp, gas discharge void Note 1 to entry: Regulation (EU) No. 1194/2012 contains the following: “Disch
17、arge lamp a lamp in which the light is produced directly or indirectly by an electric discharge through a gas, a metal vapour, or a mixture of several gases and vapours”. Note 2 to entry: Examples of gas discharge lamps include straight fluorescent lamps, compact fluorescent lamps, fluorescent lamps
18、, high intensity discharge lamps including pressure sodium lamps and metal halide lamps, low pressure sodium lamps, and exclude LED lamps and filament lamps. Note 3 to entry: Some backlighting lamps (typically non-LED types), as mentioned in Annex F of this standard and Directive 2012/19/EU Annex VI
19、I, contain mercury. BS EN 50625-1:2014- 9 - EN 50625-1:2014 3.22 logistics facility facility for receiving and preparing for transportation to WEEE treatment facilities 3.23 material recovery void Note 1 to entry: Decision 2011/753/EU contains the following: “material recovery means any recovery ope
20、ration, excluding energy recovery and the reprocessing into materials which are to be used as fuel”. 3.24 national competent authority body appointed in accordance with the prevailing laws of a Member State to execute various functions Note 1 to entry: Examples of such functions include performing m
21、arket surveillance and issuing licences or permits 3.25 operator entity that performs one or more processes on WEEE Note 1 to entry: Processes on WEEE could include collection, handling, shipping, sorting, storage, transport, trading, treatment, or preparing for re-use. 3.26 photovoltaic panel (PV p
22、anel) equipment intended to be permanently installed to a fixed installation that converts solar radiation into electrical energy 3.27 preparing for re-use void Note 1 to entry: Directive 2008/98/EC contains the following: “preparing for re-use means checking, cleaning or repairing recovery operatio
23、ns, by which products or components of products that have become waste are prepared so that they can be re-used without any other pre-processing“. 3.28 recovery void Note 1 to entry: Directive 2008/98/EC contains the following: “recovery means any operation the principal result of which is waste ser
24、ving a useful purpose by replacing other materials which would otherwise have been used to fulfil a particular function, or waste being prepared to fulfil that function, in the plant or in the wider economy. Annex II sets out a non-exhaustive list of recovery operations”. 3.29 recycling void Note 1
25、to entry: Directive 2008/98/EC contains the following: “recycling means any recovery operation by which waste materials are reprocessed into products, materials or substances whether for the original or other purposes. It includes the reprocessing of organic material but does not include energy reco
26、very and the reprocessing into materials that are to be used as fuels or for backfilling operations”. 3.30 removal void Note 1 to entry: Directive 2012/19/EU contains the following: “removal means manual, mechanical, chemical or metallurgic handling with the result that hazardous substances, mixture
27、s and components are contained in an identifiable stream or are an identifiable part of a stream within the treatment process. A substance, mixture or component is identifiable if it can be monitored to verify environmentally safe treatment”. Note 2 to entry: Where used in this standard, it is essen
28、tial that the word “remove” be construed as having a meaning that corresponds to the defined word “removal”. BS EN 50625-1:2014EN 50625-1:2014 - 10 - 3.31 re-use void Note 1 to entry: Directive 2008/98/EC contains the following: “re-use means any operation by which products or components that are no
29、t waste are used again for the same purpose for which they were conceived”. 3.32 storage process whereby WEEE is selected and deposited in a particular location awaiting treatment or preparing for re-use 3.33 temperature exchange equipment void Note 1 to entry: This is a category of electrical and e
30、lectronic equipment covered by Directive 2012/19/EU. This Directive does not define what is meant by “temperature exchange equipment” but Annex IV contains the following non-exhaustive list: refrigerators, freezers, equipment which automatically delivers cold products, air conditioning equipment, de
31、humidifying equipment, heat pumps, radiators containing oil and other temperature exchange equipment using fluids other than water for the temperature exchange. If this term is clarified further by the European Commission or the Courts then it is essential that the term as used in this standard is c
32、onstrued in the same way as those clarifications. 3.34 treatment void Note 1 to entry: Directive 2008/98/EC contains the following: “treatment means recovery or disposal operations, including preparation prior to recovery or disposal”. 3.35 treatment facility location where WEEE undergoes treatment
33、3.36 treatment operator operator responsible for the treatment of WEEE 3.37 volatile fluorocarbon (VFC) organic chemical compound consisting of carbon and fluorine atoms (in some cases also with chlorine and/or hydrogen), which is able to change phase when used as a refrigerant or produce cells in p
34、lastic structure of an insulating foam when used as a blowing agent Note 1 to entry: Common commercial designations for these materials are R12, R11 for CFCs, R22, R141b for HCFCs and R134a for HFCs. Note 2 to entry: Chemically, volatile fluorocarbons could be either alkyl halides or alkene halides.
35、 Note 3 to entry: CFC, HCFC, HFC and HC are all VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds. Note 4 to entry: Annex F of this standard and Directive 2012/19/EU Annex VII part 2 refers to foam rather than insulating foam, as used in the above definition. SOURCE: EN 50574:2012, 3.2.15 3.38 volatile hydrocarbon (V
36、HC) organic chemical compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon which is able to change phase when used as a refrigerant or produce cells in plastic structure of an insulating foam when used as a blowing agent Note 1 to entry: Common designations for volatile hydrocarbons are R290 for propa
37、ne, R600a for isobutane, R1270 for propene and RC601 for cyclopentane. Mixtures of VHC are also possible. Note 2 to entry: Annex F of this standard and Directive 2012/19/EU Annex VII part 2 refers to foam rather than insulating foam, as used in the above definition. BS EN 50625-1:2014- 11 - EN 50625
38、-1:2014 SOURCE: EN 50574:2012, 3.2.16 3.39 waste void Note 1 to entry: Directive 2008/98/EC contains the following: “waste means any substance or object which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard”. 3.40 WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) void Note 1 to entry: Direct
39、ive 2012/19/EU contains the following: “waste electrical and electronic equipment or WEEE means electrical or electronic equipment which is waste within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC, including all components, subassemblies and consumables which are part of the product at the t
40、ime of discarding”. Note 2 to entry: Considering note 1 to entry, this standard covers whole equipment discarded as WEEE and fractions thereof. 4 Administrative and organisational requirements 4.1 Management principles The treatment operator shall ensure that a management system is in place for all
41、activities in the fields of health, safety, environment and quality. The treatment operator shall demonstrate continuous improvement of their activities by a review and management process. This management process shall be updated or revised as changes occur to the activities of the treatment operato
42、r and evaluated in order to monitor its effectiveness. The treatment operator shall establish and maintain a procedure in order to identify legal requirements that are applicable to the environmental, health and safety aspects of all activities, services and processes undertaken at the facility. NOT
43、E A register of the treatment operators activities and related legal provisions could be maintained together with valid permits required by all relevant authorities. 4.2 Technical and infrastructural pre-conditions The treatment operator shall possess infrastructure, in terms of size, technologies i
44、nstalled, and characteristics of the operations, that is suitable for the activities performed on site. Suitability of the site shall be assessed by a risk management process for all tasks performed on site and include the identification of hazards, the assessment of risk and, where appropriate, the
45、 elimination or reduction of the risk, and documentation of the process. This risk assessment shall include the identification of those locations and activities that require the use of personal protective equipment and procedures to be followed. NOTE Directive 89/391/EEC provides requirements for th
46、e safety and health for the protection of workers at work. Treatment facilities including storage areas shall be designed, organised, and maintained to provide safe access to, and egress from, the site. Treatment facilities including storage areas shall be secured to prevent access by unauthorized p
47、ersons, to prevent damage to and theft of WEEE and components. Weatherproof covering shall be required for the areas where: whole equipment and/or components, intended for preparation for re-use are stored and/or prepared for re-use, or; BS EN 50625-1:2014EN 50625-1:2014 - 12 - WEEE and fractions th
48、ereof that can cause emissions that are hazardous to the environment is stored and/or treated. The treatment operator shall, at all times, provide weatherproof covering for the following types of WEEE; gas discharge lamps and equipment containing gas discharge lamps, CRT equipment, flat panel displa
49、ys and flat panel display equipment. Requirements for the storage of WEEE prior to treatment, including requirements for weatherproof covering, are given in 5.4. 4.3 Training All persons at the treatment facility shall be made familiar with the environmental, health and safety policy of the facility. Employees and contractors involved in operations shall be instructed and trained to perform the tasks assigned to them. Training shall include emergency response planning, occupational health and safety measures, and trainin
