EN 45555:2019
(Main)General methods for assessing the recyclability and recoverability of energy-related products
General methods for assessing the recyclability and recoverability of energy-related products
This European standard (EN) provides a general methodology for:
- Assessing the recyclability of energy related products
- Assessing the recoverability of energy related products
- Assessing the ability to access or remove certain components or assemblies from energy related products to facilitate their potential for recycling or other recovery operations.
- Assessing the recyclability of critical raw materials from energy related products.
This EN will elaborate on recyclability and recoverability in a horizontal, cross-product way. However, a correct assessment can only be done in a product-specific way, taking into account specific parameters of a specific product group. This standard will define a series of parameters which may be considered to calculate product specific recycling and recoverability rates.
Allgemeines Verfahren zur Bewertung der Recyclingfähigkeit und Verwertbarkeit energieverbrauchsrelevanter Produkte
Dieses Dokument legt allgemeine Grundsätze fest für:
- die Bewertung der Recyclingfähigkeit von energieverbrauchsrelevanten Produkten;
- die Bewertung der Verwertbarkeit von energieverbrauchsrelevanten Produkten.
Dieses Dokument berücksichtigt ebenfalls:
- die Fähigkeit, wie gewisse Komponenten, Baugruppen, Materialien oder Stoffe aus Produkten zugänglich oder zu entfernen sind, um ihre Entfernung am Ende der Nutzungsdauer für Behandlungs-, Recycling- und sonstige Verwertungsverfahren zu vereinfachen;
- die Recyclingfähigkeit kritischer Rohstoffe (en: Critical Raw Materials, CRMs).
Dieses Dokument legt Parameter fest, die für die Entwicklung von produkt- oder produktgruppen-spezifischen Normen zur Berechnung der Recyclingfähigkeits- /Verwertbarkeitsraten gelten. Dieses Dokument bietet ein Verfahren zum Erstellen produkt- oder produktgruppenspezifischer Normen, anstatt direkt angewendet zu werden. Für produkt- oder produktgruppenspezifische Normen sind zusätzliche Informationen und Anforderungen erforderlich, die in diesem Dokument nicht enthalten sind.
Dieses Dokument dient nicht dazu, öffentlich zur Verfügung stehende Produktinformationen zu erstellen und Produkte, für die keine produktspezifischen Normen zur Verfügung stehen, auf der Grundlage dieses Dokuments zu vergleichen.
Obwohl dieses Dokument sowohl auf ein Produkt als auch auf eine Produktgruppe angewendet werden kann, wird zur leichteren Lesbarkeit im weiteren Text nur "Produkt" verwendet.
Méthodes générales pour l’évaluation de la recyclabilité et de la valorisabilité des produits liés à l’énergie
Le présent document fournit une méthodologie générale pour :
l’évaluation de la recyclabilité des produits liés à l’énergie ;
l’évaluation de la valorisabilité des produits liés à l’énergie ;
l’évaluation de la capacité à accéder à ou à extraire certains composants, assemblages, matériaux ou substances des produits afin de faciliter leur extraction en fin de vie pour un traitement, un recyclage et d’autres opérations de valorisation simplifiés ;
l’évaluation de la recyclabilité des matières premières critiques provenant de produits liés à l’énergie.
Le présent document définit des méthodes et paramètres génériques applicables pour le développement de normes spécifiques à un produit afin de calculer les taux de recyclabilité et de valorisabilité spécifiques à un produit. Le présent document ne peut pas être directement appliqué à un groupe de produits, car une évaluation correcte ne peut être effectuée que d'une manière spécifique au produit. Le présent document définit une série de paramètres pouvant être pris en considération pour calculer des indices de recyclabilité et de valorisabilité spécifiques à un produit.
Splošne metode za ocenjevanje možnosti za recikliranje in predelavo proizvodov, povezanih z energijo
Ta evropski standard (EN) podaja splošno metodologijo za:
– ocenjevanje možnosti za recikliranje proizvodov, povezanih z energijo;
– ocenjevanje možnosti za predelavo proizvodov, povezanih z energijo;
– ocenjevanje možnosti za dostop ali odstranjevanje določenih komponent ali sestavov iz proizvodov, povezanih z energijo, kar poveča možnosti za njihovo recikliranje ali ostale postopke predelave;
– ocenjevanje možnosti za recikliranje kritičnih surovin iz proizvodov, povezanih z energijo.
Ta evropski standard dopolnjuje možnosti za recikliranje ter predelavo vzporedno in navzkrižno med proizvodi. Vendar pa je točna ocena mogoča le na način za posamezne proizvode ob upoštevanju določenih parametrov posamezne skupine proizvodov. Ta standard določa vrsto parametrov, ki jih lahko upoštevate pri izračunu stopnje možnosti za recikliranje in predelavo, ki je specifična za določen proizvod.
General Information
Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-februar-2020
Splošne metode za ocenjevanje možnosti za recikliranje in predelavo proizvodov,
povezanih z energijo
General methods for assessing the recyclability and recoverability of energy related
products
Allgemeines Verfahren zur Bewertung der Rezyklierbarkeit und Wiederverwertbarkeit
energieverbrauchsrelevanter Produkte
Méthodes générales pour l’évaluation de la recyclabilité et de la valorisabilité des
produits liés à l’énergie
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 45555:2019
ICS:
13.020.20 Okoljska ekonomija. Environmental economics.
Trajnostnost Sustainability
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 45555
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2019
ICS 13.020.20
English version
General methods for assessing the recyclability and
recoverability of energy-related products
Méthodes générales pour l'évaluation de la Allgemeines Verfahren zur Bewertung der
recyclabilité et de la récupérabilité des produits liés à Recyclingfähigkeit und Verwertbarkeit
l'énergie energieverbrauchsrelevanter Produkte
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 6 October 2019.
CEN and CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for
giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
3.1 Definitions . 5
3.2 Abbreviations . 7
4 Overview and guidance . 7
5 EoL treatment scenario . 9
5.1 General considerations . 9
5.2 Specification of the reference EoL treatment scenario . 10
5.3 Representativeness of the reference EoL treatment scenario. 12
5.4 Data sources of the reference EoL treatment scenario . 12
6 Design related criteria affecting recyclability and recoverability . 13
6.1 General considerations . 13
6.2 CRM related design characteristics . 14
6.2.1 General considerations . 14
6.2.2 Assessment method . 14
7 Assessment of the recyclability and recoverability of an ErP . 14
7.1 General considerations for quantifying recyclability and recoverability . 14
7.2 Material clustering and unspecified materials . 16
7.3 Detailed assessment of recyclability factor and recoverability factor . 16
7.4 Simplified assessment of recyclability factor and recoverability factor. 17
8 Documenting the assessment of the recyclability and recoverability . 17
8.1 General . 17
8.2 Elements of the assessment . 17
8.3 Documentation . 18
Annex A (informative) Description of the workflow for the users of this document . 19
Annex B (informative) Example of an EoL treatment scenario flow diagram for one material . 21
Annex C (informative) Relationship with environmental impacts of recycling and recovery . 24
Bibliography . 25
European foreword
This document (EN 45555:2019) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/CLC/JTC 10 “Energy-
related products - Material Efficiency Aspects for Ecodesign”, the secretariat of which is held by NEN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2020, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by May 2020.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
The dual logo CEN-CENELEC standardization deliverables, in the numerical range of 45550 – 45559,
have been developed under standardization request M/543 of the European Commission and are
intended to potentially apply to any product within the scope of the Directive 2009/125/EC concerning
energy-related products (ErP).
Topics covered in the above standardization request are linked to the following material efficiency
aspects:
a) Extending product lifetime;
b) Ability to reuse components or recycle materials from products at end-of-life;
c) Use of reused components/recycled materials in products.
These standards are general in nature and describe or define fundamental principles, concepts,
terminology or technical characteristics. They can be cited together with other product-specific, or
product-group standards e.g. developed by product technical committees.
This document is intended to be used by technical committees when producing horizontal, generic, or
product or product-group standards.
Attention is drawn to safety and other legislations relevant to ErP. Their purpose is to ensure that all
products intended for or likely to be used by consumers and other users under normal or reasonable
foreseeable conditions are safe.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
Introduction
To close the loop in a circular economy, amongst other measures, an efficient handling of waste is
paramount. Recovering materials and energy can reduce environmental impacts over the product
lifecycle, including reduced extraction of natural resources and associated emissions of primary
material production. To determine the recycling potential of an energy-related product (ErP) in terms
of how easy it is to recycle/recover materials from the product or to what degree a product can undergo
recycling/recovery, the concepts of recyclability and recoverability are introduced.
While recycling of ErPs aims at closing the circular economy loop, trade-offs might arise between
different material efficiency related topics. For instance mass of an ErP, durability, reparability,
reusability and energy efficiency, need to be balanced in order to improve the environmental benefit.
See also ISO Guide 64 [12]. Further explanation on the relationship with environmental impacts of
recycling and recovery, including environmental benefits, are displayed in the informative Annex C.
NOTE The Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC [9] provides the concept of waste hierarchy, which ranks
the waste management practices from highest to lowest priority as follows: prevention, preparing for reuse,
recycling, recovery and disposal.
Once an ErP has reached its end-of-life (EoL) and has become waste, the ErP can be either prepared for
reuse, recycled/recovered. This document elaborates on the product characteristics which are relevant
for recyclability and recoverability of an entire ErP. The focus is therefore on the
recyclability/recoverability of the product itself rather than the recycling or recovery processes. The
general method presented in this document takes into account the availability and efficiency of state-of-
the-art recycling and recovery processes to determine the recyclability/recoverability rate of an ErP.
Based on the reference EoL treatment scenario, it is assumed that the assessment of the
recyclability/recoverability of an ErP as a whole may be valid for a certain period of time in a given
geographical area.
1 Scope
This document establishes general principles for:
— Assessing the recyclability of energy-related products;
— Assessing the recoverability of energy-related products.
This document also considers:
— The ability to access or remove certain components, assemblies, materials or substances from
products to facilitate their extraction at the end-of-life for ease of treatment, recycling and other
recovery operations;
— The recyclability of critical raw materials (CRMs).
This document defines parameters which are applicable for the development of product or product-
group standards in order to calculate recyclability/recoverability rates. This document serves as a
method for writing product or product-group standards, rather than being directly applied. Additional
information and requirements not provided in this document will be necessary for product or product-
group standards.
This document is not applicable to generate publicly available product information and compare
products in absence of product standards based on this document.
Although this document can be used for a product or product-group, for the sake of a better readability
only “product” is used throughout the rest of the document.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 45558, General method to declare the use of critical raw materials in energy-related products
EN 45559:2019, Methods for providing information relating to material efficiency aspects of energy-
related products
3 Terms and definitions
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
NOTE See FprCLC/TR 45550 for additional definitions related to material efficiency of ErP.
3.1.1
EoL
end-of-life
life cycle stage of a product starting when it is removed from its intended use stage
Note 1 to entry: Within this standard, removal from its intended use phase includes when it has been discarded
as waste.
[SOURCE: IEV 904-01-17, modified with the addit
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