1 Scope
This document specifies requirements and provides guidance for the sustainable management
of waste electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste) for all process steps, from collection to returning recovered products, components,
materials or energy to the value chain. It includes traceability, monitoring and evaluation of the e-waste flow, recovery rate and recovery quality.
This document is intended for use by an organization involved in e-waste management seeking to manage its responsibilities in a systematic manner.
The requirements set by this document will help an organization to achieve sustainability outcomes within the context of e-waste management, including:
enhancement of organizations' performance in relation to quality, environment and occupational health and safety;
fulfilment of compliance obligations.
This document is applicable to any organization, regardless of its size, type and nature.
This document applies to the environmental, health and safety, and quality aspects
of e-waste management activities that the organization determines it can either control or influence, from a lifecycle perspective.
NOTE 1 Social aspects - e.g. employment creation, conflict minerals, employment conditions
- are not addressed directly but indirectly through the benefits of sustainabl...