CENELEC - CLC/TS 50625-4
Collection, logistics & treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 4: Specification for the collection and logistics associated with WEEE
| Organization: | CENELEC |
| Publication Date: | 1 June 2017 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 22 |
| ICS Code (Electromechanical components in general): | 31.220.01 |
| ICS Code (Other standards related to wastes): | 13.030.99 |
| ICS Code (Components for electrical equipment in general): | 29.100.01 |
scope:
This Technical Specification applies to the following processes: collection, handling, sorting, storage, preparation for transport and transport of WEEE. It is applicable to all WEEE prior to arriving at the treatment facility or arriving at a preparing for re-use facility.
This Technical Specification addresses all operators that perform collection and logistics processes.
This Technical Specification does not cover treatment of WEEE. In the case of treatment activities undertaken at collection or logistics facilities, the EN 50625-series applies.
NOTE 1 Treatment activities include any form of dismantling, including the removal of cabling, components, such as circuit boards, compressors or parts of equipment (e.g. doors). Sorting is not considered a treatment activity as long as no physical alterations to the WEEE take place.
NOTE 2 The Technical Specification does not cover activities at the preparing for re-use facility and the treatment facility; these are covered in the EN 50625-series and prEN 50614.
NOTE 3 National law may specify which operators are allowed to collect WEEE.
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