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Guidelines for
Electronics Scrap:
ES-2016
Electronics Scrap
Commercial Guidelines for Electronics Scrap were
developed to provide industry-wide quality standards.
These standards will facilitate commodity transactions
domestically and internationally. Transactions covering
shipments to or from other countries may be in
accordance with these standards and may be modified by
mutual agreement between Buyer and Seller.
Electronic Scrap Definitions
The following E-Recycling definitions will facilitate a more
consistent language for both domestic as well as interna-
tional transactions.
“END-OF-LIFE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS”
EOL Electronic Products are either obsolete for their intend-
ed purpose or no longer useful by the current user and lack
any significant market value as an operational unit. These
products are represented by any of the following categories
of electronic products:
IT and telecommunications electronic equipment includ-
ing:
Centralized data processing:
Mainframes
Minicomputers
Printer units
Personal computing:
Personal computers (CPU. mouse, screen and keyboard
included)
Laptop computers (CPU, mouse, screen and keyboard
included)
Notebook computers
Notepad computers
Printers
Copying equipment
Electrical and electronic typewriters
Pocket and desk calculators
Other products and equipment for the collection, stor-
age, processing, presentation or communication of
information by electronic means
User terminals and systems
Facsimile
Telex
Telephones
Pay telephones
Cordless telephones
Cellular telephones
Answering systems
Other products or equipment for transmitting sound,
images or other information by telecommunications
Consumer electronic equipment including:
Radio sets
Television sets
Video cameras
Video recorders
Eli-h recorders
Audio amplifiers
Musical instruments and other products or equipment
for the purpose of recording or reproducing sound
or images, including signals or other technologies
for the distribution of sound and image by telecom-
munications
Toys, leisure and sports electronic equipment including:
Electric trains or car racing sets
Hand-held video game consoles
Video games
Computers for biking, diving, running, rowing, etc.
Sports equipment with electric or electronic compo-
nents
Coin slot machines
Medical devices (except all implanted and infected prod-
ucts and radioactive components) including:
Radiotherapy equipment
Cardiology
Dialysis
Pulmonary ventilators
Nuclear medicine
Laboratory equipment or in-vitro diagnostics
Analyzers
Freezers
Fertilization tests
Other appliances for detecting, preventing, monitoring,
treating, or alleviating illness, injury or disability
Monitoring and control instruments including:
Smoke detectors
Heating regulators
Thermostats
Measuring, weighing or adjusting appliances for house-
hold or as laboratory equipment
Other monitoring and control instruments used in indus-
trial installations (e.g. Ira control panels)
“E-Recycling”
E-Recycling is any process by which End-of-Life (EOL) elec-
tronic products which would otherwise become solid waste
are collected, separated, reused or processed and returned
to use in the form of raw materials or products.
“E-Demanufacturing”
Demanufacturing is the process of separating EOL elec-
tronic products (electronic materials) into metallic and non-
metallic parts that can be reused or recycled.
“E-Dismantler”
Dismantler is a person who engages in the manual demanu-
facturing of EOL electronic products (electronic materials)
to reuse or recycle components and commodities contained
within.
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