CLC/TS 50625-5:2017

Collection, logistics & Treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 5: Specification for the final treatment of WEEE fractions - Copper and precious metals

This Technical Specification addresses the processes regarding the recycling of copper and/or precious metals contained in WEEE and fractions of WEEE. NOTE 1 For the treatment of WEEE EN 50625-1 applies. This Technical Specification relates to the chemical and metallurgical processes used for the recycling of copper and/or precious metals contained in WEEE and fractions of WEEE, thereby differentiating it from manual/mechanical processing (see Annex A). All chemical and metallurgical processes are included up and until the output materials will be used for their original purpose or for other purposes or will be finally disposed of. NOTE 2 The main precious metals concerned are gold, silver, and palladium. NOTE 3 The majority of the WEEE volumes that are processed by final treatment operators consists of fractions of WEEE (e.g. circuit boards) containing copper and/or precious metals, however there may be whole small WEEE that can be treated directly in final treatment (e.g. USB sticks). NOTE 4 Chemical and metallurgical processes are processes in which a chemical reaction takes place for example: pyrolysis, smelting, refining, solvent extraction, ion exchange, leaching/dissolution in water acids or base, precipitation, cementation, pressure leaching. They differ from mechanical / physical processes such as sorting and separation based on physical properties (e.g. density, magnetism, colour) and size reduction processes such as shredding and grinding. NOTE 5 In general, these final treatment facilities are covered by the IED 2010/75/EU, e.g. copper smelters or refiners.

Anforderungen an die Sammlung, Logistik und Behandlung von Elektro- und Elektronikaltgeräten (WEEE) – Teil 5: Spezifikation für die Endbehandlung der Fraktionen von Elektro- und Elektronik-Altgeräten – Kupfer und Edelmetalle

Exigences de collecte, logistique et traitement pour les déchets d’équipements électriques et électroniques (DEEE) - Partie 5: Spécification pour le traitement final des fractions de DEEE - Cuivre et métaux précieux

Zahteve za zbiranje, logistiko in obdelavo odpadne električne in elektronske opreme (WEEE) - 5. del: Specifikacija za obdelavo frakcij WEEE - Baker in plemenite kovine

Ta tehnična specifikacija obravnava postopke v zvezi z recikliranjem bakra in/ali plemenitih kovin, ki jih vsebuje odpadna električna in elektronska oprema in njene frakcije.
OPOMBA 1   Za obdelavo odpadne električne in elektronske opreme se uporablja standard EN 50625-1.
Ta tehnična specifikacija se nanaša na kemične in metalurške postopke, ki se uporabljajo za recikliranje bakra in/ali plemenitih kovin, ki jih vsebuje odpadna električna in elektronska oprema in njene frakcije, in jih s tem razlikuje od ročnih/mehanskih postopkov obdelave (glej dodatek A).
Vsi kemični in metalurški postopki so vključeni, dokler se izhodni materiali ne uporabijo za njihov prvotni namen ali za druge namene oziroma so dokončno odstranjeni.
OPOMBA 2   Glavne zadevne plemenite kovine so zlato, srebro in paladij.
OPOMBA 3   Večina odpadne električne in elektronske opreme, ki je obdelana s postopkom končne obdelave, je sestavljena iz frakcij (npr. vezja), ki vsebujejo baker in/ali plemenite kovine, vendar pa je lahko določeno enovito majhno odpadno električno in elektronsko opremo mogoče obdelati v celoti (npr. USB ključe).
OPOMBA 4   Kemični in metalurški postopki so postopki, pri katerih pride do kemične reakcije, na primer pirolize, taljenja, rafiniranja, ekstrakcije s topilom, izmenjave ionov, izluževanja/raztapljanja v vodnih kislinah ali bazah, obarjenja, cementacije, izluževanja pod tlakom. Razlikujejo se od mehanskih/fizikalnih postopkov, kot so razvrščanje in ločevanje na podlagi fizikalnih lastnosti (npr. gostote, magnetizma, barve) in postopkov zmanjševanja velikosti, kot so drobljenje in mletje.
OPOMBA 5   Na splošno so končne obdelovalne naprave zajete v IED 2010/75/EU, npr. talilnice bakra ali rafinerije.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 03-Aug-2017
• ICS: 13.030.99 - Other standards related to wastes
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 111X - Environment
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 04-Aug-2017
• Due Date: 09-Jul-2018
• Completion Date: 04-Aug-2017
• Directive: 2012/19/EU - Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
• Mandate: M/518 - Mandate to the European standardisation organisations for standardisation in the field of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Directive 2012/19/EU (WEEE))
• Ref Project: SIST-TS CLC/TS 50625-5:2017 - Collection, logistics & Treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 5: Specification for the final treatment of WEEE fractions - Copper and precious metals

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Collection, logistics & Treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 5: Specification for the
final treatment of WEEE fractions - Copper and precious metals
Sammlung, Logistik und Behandlung von Elektro- und Elektronik-Altgeräten (WEEE) -
Teil 5: Spezifikation für die Endbehandlung der Fraktionen von Elektro- und Elektronik-
Altgeräten - Kupfer und Edelmetalle
Exigences de collecte, logistique et traitement pour les déchets d’équipements
électriques et électroniques (DEEE) - Partie 5: Spécification pour le traitement final des
fractions de DEEE - Cuivre et métaux précieux
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CLC/TS 50625-5:2017
ICS:
13.030.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi z Other standards related to
odpadki wastes
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CLC/TS 50625-5

SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
August 2017
ICS 13.030.99
English Version
Collection, logistics & Treatment requirements for WEEE - Part
5: Specification for the final treatment of WEEE fractions -
Copper and precious metals
Exigences de collecte, logistique et traitement pour les Anforderungen an die Sammlung, Logistik und Behandlung
déchets d'équipements électriques et électroniques (DEEE) von Elektro- und Elektronikaltgeräten (WEEE) - Teil 5:
- Partie 5: Spécification pour le traitement final des fractions Spezifikation für die Endbehandlung der Fraktionen von
de DEEE - Cuivre et métaux précieux Elektro- und Elektronik-Altgeräten - Kupfer und Edelmetalle
This Technical Specification was approved by CENELEC on 2017-05-29.

CENELEC members are required to announce the existence of this TS in the same way as for an EN and to make the TS available promptly
at national level in an appropriate form. It is permissible to keep conflicting national standards in force.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
© 2017 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. CLC/TS 50625-5:2017 E

Contents Page
European foreword .3
Introduction .4
1 Scope .5
2 Normative references .5
3 Terms and definitions .5
4 Administrative and organisational requirements .9
4.1 General .9
4.2 Management principles .9
4.3 Environment, Health and Safety - EHS requirements .9
4.4 Agreement for acceptance of materials . 10
5 Technical requirements . 11
5.1 General . 11
5.2 Acceptance . 11
5.3 Sampling and assaying . 12
5.4 Plant and process conditions . 13
5.5 Output wastes at the final facility . 13
6 Monitoring and reporting . 14
6.1 General . 14
6.2 Recycling rate and recovery rate . 14
6.3 Classification . 15
6.4 Calculation . 16
6.5 Metal yield . 17
7 Documentation . 17
Annex A (informative) Generic flowsheet . 19
Annex B (normative) Limit values in final water effluent stream discharge to environment, limit values
at stack to air and limit values for noise . 20
Annex C (normative) Limit values of occupational health monitoring . 22
Annex D (informative) Guidance on theoretical recycling and recovery rate achievements . 23
Bibliography . 24
European foreword
This document (CLC/TS 50625-5:2017) has been prepared by CLC/TC 111X "Environment".
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.
Introduction
In order to support EN 50625-1, Collection, logistics & Treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 1:
General treatment requirements, covering treatment of WEEE, it is essential to include normative
requirements, such as management and technical requirements and target and limit values, into a
document that is able to be revised to take into account both practical experience and changes in
treatment technologies.
1 Scope
This Technical Specification addresses the processes regarding the recycling of copper and/or
precious metals contained in WEEE and fractions of WEEE.
NOTE 1 For the treatment of WEEE EN 50625-1 applies.
This Technical Specification relates to the chemical and metallurgical processes used for the recycling
of copper and/or precious metals contained in WEEE and fractions of WEEE, thereby differentiating it
from manual/mechanical processing (see Annex A).
All chemical and metallurgical processes are included up and until the output materials will be used for
their original purpose or for other purposes or will be finally disposed of.
NOTE 2 The main precious metals concerned are gold, silver and palladium.
NOTE 3 The majority of the WEEE volumes that are processed by final treatment operators consists of
fractions of WEEE (e.g. circuit boards) containing copper and/or precious metals, however there may be whole
small WEEE that can be treated directly in final treatment (e.g. USB sticks).
NOTE 4 Chemical and metallurgical processes are processes in which a chemical reaction takes place for
example: pyrolysis, smelting, refining, solvent extraction, ion exchange, leaching/dissolution in water acids or
base, precipitation, cementation or pressure leaching. They differ from mechanical / physical processes such as
sorting and separation based on physical properties (e.g. density, magnetism, colour) and size reduction
processes such as shredding and grinding.
NOTE 5 In general, these final treatment facilities are covered by the IED 2010/75/EU, e.g. copper smelters or
refiners.
2 Normative references
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 50625-1:2014, Collection, logistics & Treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 1: General
treatment requirements
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 50625-1 and the following
apply.
3.1
backfilling
void
Note 1 to entry: Decision 2011/753/EU contains the following: ‘backfilling’ means a recovery operation where
suitable waste is used for reclamation purposes in excavated areas or for engineering purposes in landscaping
and where the waste is a substitute for non-waste materials.
3.2
disposal
void
Note 1 to entry: Directive 2008/98/EC defines disposal: "‘disposal’ means any operation which is not recovery
even where the operation has as a secondary consequence the reclamation of substances or energy. Annex I
sets out a non-exhaustive list of disposal operations".
3.3
energy recovery
production of useful energy through direct and controlled combustion or other processing of waste
[SOURCE: EN 50625-1:2014, definition 3.14]
Note 1 to entry: Energy recovery is a recovery operation where the material is used principally as a fuel or other
means to generate energy, see R1 of Annex II of Directive 2008/98/EC.
3.4
final treatment
last steps in the treatment of WEEE and fractions of WEEE containing copper and/or precious metals
whereby they are transformed using chemical or metallurgical processes and whereby these
materials, components and substances are purified into raw materials that can be used for the original
purpose or for other purposes
3.5
final treatment facility
location where WEEE and fractions of WEEE containing copper and/or precious metals undergo final
treatment
3.6
final treatment operator
entity performing treatment of WEEE and fractions of WEEE in a final treatment
3.7
fraction
separate output stream generated by the treatment of WEEE
[SOURCE: EN 50625-1:2014, definition 3.18]
3.8
hazardous waste
waste which exhibits one or more hazardous properties
[SOURCE: EN 50625-1:2014 definition 3.19]
Note 1 to entry: The term “hazardous waste” is defined in Directive 2008/98/EC; the properties of hazardous
waste are described in Annex III of Directive 2008/98/EC.
3.9
Injuries incurred Without resulting in a work Absence
IWA
number of IWA, sometimes also called a “zero accident”. An IWA is reported when a person is slightly
injured at work, but reports to work the following day
3.10
IWA frequency
total number of IWA injuries considered on the basis of one million hours worked. It is computed as
the number of IWA events occurring divided by the total number of hours worked corresponding to this
number of IWA events and then multiplied by one million hours (10 )
3.11
logistics
planning, implementing and controlling of the transportation, handling, preliminary storage and/or
sorting of WEEE from point of origin to point of delivery
3.12
Lost Time Injuries
LTI
number of LTI. An LTI is reported when a person is injured at work, and the injury causes him/her to
stay away from the work place on sick leave on the following or more days
3.13
LTI frequency
total number of LTI injuries considered on the basis of one million hours worked. It is computed as the
number of LTI events occurring divided by the total number of hours worked corresponding to this
number of LTI events and then multiplied by one million hours (x 10 )
3.14
material recovery
void
Note 1 to entry: Decision 2011/753/EU contains the following: “‘material recovery’ means any recovery
operation, excluding energy recovery and the reprocessing into materials which are to be used as fuel”.
3.15
metal yield
amount of copper and precious metals obtained (“output”), as product, from the processing of infeed
materials (“input”), shown as a percentage, for each metal
Note 1 to entry: The output products contain the respective metals either as pure (elemental) metals or as alloy
metals (added intentionally, not as a contaminant) or as defined metal compounds (e.g. metal salts), but not, e.g.,
captured in slag.
3.16
near miss
number of near miss incidents, sometimes called an “incident”. A near miss is to be reported in any
instance where a particular situation, an unexpected hazard, a dangerous condition or a failure of
some nature could lead to the potential of someone being injured, but no injury actually occurred
3.17
off-spec material
material provided by an operator which does not comply with the specifications that have bee
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