P1680.1/Dx, April 2016
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL to IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Submission Proposal to
IEEE P1680.1™/Dx, Draft Standard for
Environmental Assessment of
Personal Computer Products,
Including Notebook Personal
Computers, Desktop Personal
Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale
Servers, Signage Displays and
Personal Computer Monitors
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
THIS SUBMISSION PROPOSAL HAS NOT BEEN CONSIDERED, NOR HAS IT BEEN APPROVED,
BY THE IEEE P1680.1 WORKING GROUP. IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE IEEE
P1680.1 DRAFT STANDARD, AND IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
18
19
20
21
This document is a submission proposal to an unapproved draft of a proposed IEEE Standard. As such, this
document is subject to change. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! IEEE copyright statements SHALL NOT BE
REMOVED or modified in any way. Because this is for a proposal draft, this document must not be
utilized for any conformance/compliance purposes.
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
This copy is provided solely to members of the IEEE-NSF Joint Task Group ESS Working Group. IEEE
grants permission to store this draft in an area accessible only to members of the IEEE-NSF Joint Task
Group ESS Working Group. Each member of the IEEE-NSF Joint Task Group ESS may download one (1)
copy of this draft for personal review and submission of comments to the IEEE P1680.1 Working Group.
All comments on or contributions to this submission proposal are subject to the IEEE-SA Copyright Policy
and the IEEE-SA Patent Policy (standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/). Neither members of the IEEE-NSF
Joint Task Group ESS may use this draft for any other purposes, including, but not limited to, modifying,
excerpting, translating, selling, or further distributing the draft, without permission from the IEEE
Standards Department (stds-ipr@ieee.org). Access to the draft shall be terminated after the review period.
Copyright © 2016 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Three Park Avenue
New York, New York 10016-5997, USA
All rights reserved.
IEEE Standards Department
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
P1680.1/Dx, April 2016
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL to IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors
1
2
3
4
Abstract: <Select this text and type or paste Abstract—contents of the Scope may be used>
5

Keywords: <Select this text and type or paste keywords>
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
3 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5997, USA
Copyright © 2016 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
All rights reserved. Published <Date Published>. Printed in the United States of America.
IEEE is a registered trademark in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, owned by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Incorporated.
PDF:
Print:
ISBN 978-0-XXXX-XXXX-X
ISBN 978-0-XXXX-XXXX-X
STDXXXXX
STDPDXXXXX
IEEE prohibits discrimination, harassment, and bullying.
For more information, visit http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/whatis/policies/p9-26.html.
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise, without the prior written permission
of the publisher.
P1680.1/Dx, April 2016
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL to IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors
1
2
3
4
5
Important Notices and Disclaimers Concerning IEEE Standards Documents
6
7
Notice and Disclaimer of Liability Concerning the Use of IEEE Standards
Documents
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
IEEE Standards documents (standards, recommended practices, and guides), both full-use and trial-use, are
developed within IEEE Societies and the Standards Coordinating Committees of the IEEE Standards
Association (“IEEE-SA”) Standards Board. IEEE (“the Institute”) develops its standards through a
consensus development process, approved by the American National Standards Institute (“ANSI”), which
brings together volunteers representing varied viewpoints and interests to achieve the final product.
Volunteers are not necessarily members of the Institute and participate without compensation from IEEE.
While IEEE administers the process and establishes rules to promote fairness in the consensus development
process, IEEE does not independently evaluate, test, or verify the accuracy of any of the information or the
soundness of any judgments contained in its standards.
42
43
44
45
Translations
46
IEEE documents are made available for use subject to important notices and legal disclaimers. These
notices and disclaimers, or a reference to this page, appear in all standards and may be found under the
heading “Important Notice” or “Important Notices and Disclaimers Concerning IEEE Standards
Documents.”
IEEE does not warrant or represent the accuracy or content of the material contained in its standards, and
expressly disclaims all warranties (express, implied and statutory) not included in this or any other
document relating to the standard, including, but not limited to, the warranties of: merchantability; fitness
for a particular purpose; non-infringement; and quality, accuracy, effectiveness, currency, or completeness
of material. In addition, IEEE disclaims any and all conditions relating to: results; and workmanlike effort.
IEEE standards documents are supplied “AS IS” and “WITH ALL FAULTS.”
Use of an IEEE standard is wholly voluntary. The existence of an IEEE standard does not imply that there
are no other ways to produce, test, measure, purchase, market, or provide other goods and services related
to the scope of the IEEE standard. Furthermore, the viewpoint expressed at the time a standard is approved
and issued is subject to change brought about through developments in the state of the art and comments
received from users of the standard.
In publishing and making its standards available, IEEE is not suggesting or rendering professional or other
services for, or on behalf of, any person or entity nor is IEEE undertaking to perform any duty owed by any
other person or entity to another. Any person utilizing any IEEE Standards document, should rely upon his
or her own independent judgment in the exercise of reasonable care in any given circumstances or, as
appropriate, seek the advice of a competent professional in determining the appropriateness of a given
IEEE standard.
IN NO EVENT SHALL IEEE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE PUBLICATION, USE OF, OR RELIANCE
UPON ANY STANDARD, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE AND
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGE WAS FORESEEABLE.
The IEEE consensus development process involves the review of documents in English only. In the event
that an IEEE standard is translated, only the English version published by IEEE should be considered the
approved IEEE standard.
P1680.1/Dx, April 2016
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL to IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors
1
Official statements
2
3
4
5
6
7
A statement, written or oral, that is not processed in accordance with the IEEE-SA Standards Board
Operations Manual shall not be considered or inferred to be the official position of IEEE or any of its
committees and shall not be considered to be, or be relied upon as, a formal position of IEEE. At lectures,
symposia, seminars, or educational courses, an individual presenting information on IEEE standards shall
make it clear that his or her views should be considered the personal views of that individual rather than the
formal position of IEEE.
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Comments on standards
Comments for revision of IEEE Standards documents are welcome from any interested party, regardless of
membership affiliation with IEEE. However, IEEE does not provide consulting information or advice
pertaining to IEEE Standards documents. Suggestions for changes in documents should be in the form of a
proposed change of text, together with appropriate supporting comments. Since IEEE standards represent a
consensus of concerned interests, it is important that any responses to comments and questions also receive
the concurrence of a balance of interests. For this reason, IEEE and the members of its societies and
Standards Coordinating Committees are not able to provide an instant response to comments or questions
except in those cases where the matter has previously been addressed. For the same reason, IEEE does not
respond to interpretation requests. Any person who would like to participate in revisions to an IEEE
standard is welcome to join the relevant IEEE working group.
Comments on standards should be submitted to the following address:
20
21
22
Secretary, IEEE-SA Standards Board
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
23
Laws and regulations
24
25
26
27
28
Users of IEEE Standards documents should consult all applicable laws and regulations. Compliance with
the provisions of any IEEE Standards document does not imply compliance to any applicable regulatory
requirements. Implementers of the standard are responsible for observing or referring to the applicable
regulatory requirements. IEEE does not, by the publication of its standards, intend to urge action that is not
in compliance with applicable laws, and these documents may not be construed as doing so
29
Copyrights
30
31
32
33
34
35
IEEE draft and approved standards are copyrighted by IEEE under U.S. and international copyright laws.
They are made available by IEEE and are adopted for a wide variety of both public and private uses. These
include both use, by reference, in laws and regulations, and use in private self-regulation, standardization,
and the promotion of engineering practices and methods. By making these documents available for use and
adoption by public authorities and private users, IEEE does not waive any rights in copyright to the
documents.
36
Photocopies
37
38
39
40
41
42
Subject to payment of the appropriate fee, IEEE will grant users a limited, non-exclusive license to
photocopy portions of any individual standard for company or organizational internal use or individual,
non-commercial use only. To arrange for payment of licensing fees, please contact Copyright Clearance
Center, Customer Service, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923 USA; +1 978 750 8400. Permission
to photocopy portions of any individual standard for educational classroom use can also be obtained
through the Copyright Clearance Center.
P1680.1/Dx, April 2016
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL to IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors
1
2
3
4
5
Updating of IEEE Standards documents
6
7
8
9
Every IEEE standard is subjected to review at least every ten years. When a document is more than ten
years old and has not undergone a revision process, it is reasonable to conclude that its contents, although
still of some value, do not wholly reflect the present state of the art. Users are cautioned to check to
determine that they have the latest edition of any IEEE standard.
10
11
12
13
14
In order to determine whether a given document is the current edition and whether it has been amended
through the issuance of amendments, corrigenda, or errata, visit the IEEE-SA Website at
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/standards.jsp or contact IEEE at the address listed previously. For more
information about the IEEE SA or IEEE’s standards development process, visit the IEEE-SA Website at
http://standards.ieee.org.
15
Errata
16
17
18
Errata, if any, for all IEEE standards can be accessed on the IEEE-SA Website at the following URL:
http://standards.ieee.org/findstds/errata/index.html. Users are encouraged to check this URL for errata
periodically.
19
Patents
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Attention is called to the possibility that implementation of this standard may require use of subject matter
covered by patent rights. By publication of this standard, no position is taken by the IEEE with respect to
the existence or validity of any patent rights in connection therewith. If a patent holder or patent applicant
has filed a statement of assurance via an Accepted Letter of Assurance, then the statement is listed on the
IEEE-SA Website at http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/patents.html. Letters of Assurance may
indicate whether the Submitter is willing or unwilling to grant licenses under patent rights without
compensation or under reasonable rates, with reasonable terms and conditions that are demonstrably free of
any unfair discrimination to applicants desiring to obtain such licenses.
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
Essential Patent Claims may exist for which a Letter of Assurance has not been received. The IEEE is not
responsible for identifying Essential Patent Claims for which a license may be required, for conducting
inquiries into the legal validity or scope of Patents Claims, or determining whether any licensing terms or
conditions provided in connection with submission of a Letter of Assurance, if any, or in any licensing
agreements are reasonable or non-discriminatory. Users of this standard are expressly advised that
determination of the validity of any patent rights, and the risk of infringement of such rights, is entirely
their own responsibility. Further information may be obtained from the IEEE Standards Association
Users of IEEE Standards documents should be aware that these documents may be superseded at any time
by the issuance of new editions or may be amended from time to time through the issuance of amendments,
corrigenda, or errata. An official IEEE document at any point in time consists of the current edition of the
document together with any amendments, corrigenda, or errata then in effect.
P1680.1/Dx, April 2016
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL to IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors
1
Participants
2
3
At the time this draft standard was completed, the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products Working Group had the following membership:
4
5
Walter Jager, Chair
<Vice-chair Name>, Vice Chair
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Participant1
Participant2
Participant3
13
14
15
Participant4
Participant5
Participant6
Participant7
Participant8
Participant9
16
17
18
The following members of the <individual/entity> balloting committee voted on this standard. Balloters
may have voted for approval, disapproval, or abstention.
19
[To be supplied by IEEE]
20
21
22
29
Balloter1
Balloter2
Balloter3
30
31
When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this standard on <Date Approved>, it had the following
membership:
32
[To be supplied by IEEE]
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
46
47
23
24
25
26
27
28
Balloter4
Balloter5
Balloter6
Balloter7
Balloter8
Balloter9
<Name>, Chair
<Name>, Vice Chair
<Name>, Past Chair
Konstantinos Karachalios, Secretary
SBMember1
SBMember2
SBMember3
40
41
42
43
44
45
SBMember4
SBMember5
SBMember6
SBMember7
SBMember8
SBMember9
*Member Emeritus
vi
Copyright © 2016 IEEE. All rights reserved.
This is an unapproved IEEE Standards Draft, subject to change.
P1680.1/Dx, April 2016
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL to IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors
1
Introduction
2
3
4
This introduction is not part of P1680.1/Dx, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors.
5
<Select this text and type or paste introduction text>
6
vii
Copyright © 2016 IEEE. All rights reserved.
This is an unapproved IEEE Standards Draft, subject to change.
P1680.1/Dx, April 2016
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL to IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors
1
Contents
2
<After draft body is complete, select this text and click Insert Special->Add (Table of) Contents>
3
viii
Copyright © 2016 IEEE. All rights reserved.
This is an unapproved IEEE Standards Draft, subject to change.
P1680.1/Dx, April 2016
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL to IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL TO
IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for
Environmental Assessment of
Personal Computer Products,
Including Notebook Personal
Computers, Desktop Personal
Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale
Servers, Signage Displays and
Personal Computer Monitors
11
Draft submission proposal to P1680.1 Working Group,
and is not approved by the WG.
12
13
14
15
16
IMPORTANT NOTICE: IEEE Standards documents are not intended to ensure safety, security, health,
or environmental protection, or ensure against interference with or from other devices or networks.
Implementers of IEEE Standards documents are responsible for determining and complying with all
appropriate safety, security, environmental, health, and interference protection practices and all
applicable laws and regulations.
17
18
19
20
21
This IEEE document is made available for use subject to important notices and legal disclaimers.
These notices and disclaimers appear in all publications containing this document and may
be found under the heading “Important Notice” or “Important Notices and Disclaimers
Concerning IEEE Documents.” They can also be obtained on request from IEEE or viewed at
http://standards.ieee.org/IPR/disclaimers.html.
10
22
23
24
25
26
1
Copyright © 2016 IEEE. All rights reserved.
This is an unapproved IEEE Standards Draft, subject to change.
P1680.1/Dx, April 2016
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL to IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
4.6.3.1 Required—End-of-life processing
Annual Corporate Declaration Criterion:
The manufacturer shall demonstrate the following requirements are met for all end-of-life equipment
collected by the manufacturer (or their contractual agent) pursuant to the “Required—Provision of product
take-back service” criterion contained herein:
The manufacturer utilizes a government-approved program for end-of-life electronics processing in which
the manufacturer does not control the selection of initial service providers for the covered product in the
jurisdiction.
or
The manufacturer utilizes initial service providers that meet one of the following:
1) are certified by an independent certification body1 to a publicly available qualified electronics
recycling standard that meets Minimum Technical Requirements (a) through (h), below, such as:
 The Responsible Recycling (R2) Standard for Electronics Recyclers,
 The E-Stewards Standard for Responsible Recycling and Reuse of Electronic Equipment;
 EN 50625
Or
2) demonstrate conformance through annual third-party audits to a qualified electronics recycling
standard that meets Minimum Technical Requirements (a) through (h), below. The audit shall be
performed by a third-party conformity assessment body operating to ISO/IEC 17021.
For products declared in the US and Canada, manufacturers shall conform with paragraph 1) above.
For either option 1 or 2 above, the manufacturer may use an initial service provider in another country that
meets the requirements of paragraph 1), above and in compliance with international laws and agreements.
Footnote 1: “Independent Certification Body” is a body that has been accredited by a national accreditation
body, is a signatory to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Mutual Recognition
Arrangement (MRA) or the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) Multilateral Recognition Arrangement
(MLA)
If a government-approved program applies to a limited scope of products (e.g., consumer but not
institutional/commercial products), the manufacturer shall deliver a program that utilizes initial service
providers that meet a qualified standard for all other end-of-life equipment pursuant to the “Required—
Provision of product take-back service” criterion and not covered by the government-approved program.
The following programs operated by the manufacturer (or their contractual agent) are exempt from the
requirements of this criterion:

Management of leased products where the manufacturer (or their contractual agent) retains legal
2
Copyright © 2016 IEEE. All rights reserved.
This is an unapproved IEEE Standards Draft, subject to change.
Comment [RC(1]: This text was approved via
straw poll on March 22 2016.
P1680.1/Dx, April 2016
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL to IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
ownership.

Trade-in/exchange programs where the customer surrenders the product to the manufacturer (or
their contractual agent) in return for compensation or replacement product.

Product servicing and/or warranty programs, operated by the manufacturer, or their contractual
agent, where a product (or similar product) is returned to a customer.
For the preceding exempted programs, the manufacturer shall provide documentation that addresses
the manufacturer’s compliance with the legal requirements of importing, exporting and transit
countries for transboundary trade to the point of repair or refurbishment.
In addition, manufacturers shall ensure that any residual equipment and components (including
unrepairable equipment/components or equipment/components with no reuse value or market), scrap, and
materials derived from equipment that result from these exempt programs are processed by a recycler
certified to a qualified recycling standard and that any transboundary trade to the certified recycler meets
the legal requirements of importing, exporting and transit countries. Such equipment/components returned
under the exempt program that are under warranty may instead be returned to the original parts supplier.
A qualified electronics recycling standard shall either meet the following Minimum Technical
Requirements a) through h) or shall meet Consensus Development Requirement i) below and be listed on a
publicly available website of an independent CB or registry service. An independent CB or a registry
service providing a registry of products declared to conform to this Standard shall determine whether an
electronics recycling standard is qualified.
For the purposes of this criterion, a manufacturer’s internal technical performance requirements for initial
service providers may qualify, if they meet the above requirements for a qualified electronics recycling
standard.
Minimum Technical Requirements:
a) The standard is applicable within the country(s)/region(s) being declared to, and is applicable to the
scope of equipment covered by this criterion.
b) The standard includes a definition for “materials of concern” (or analogous term identifying
materials with hazardous characteristics or materials with special handling needs) and requires initial
service providers to have a written management plan for these materials that protects human health and
the environment.
Comment [RC2]: Chris suggests deleting “toxic
or” – covered by hazardous.
Comment [GK3]: Added or materials with
special handling needs
c) The standard requires that initial service providers shall maintain, review annually, and update as
needed, an environmental, health and safety management system.
d) The standard requires that material intended for reuse, repair, refurbishment, remanufacturing,
recycling and/or disposal shall be managed in accordance with applicable trade and transporting laws
of the exporting, transit, and importing countries.
e) The standard requires that, prior to shipping by any party in the recycling chain, and in conformance
with the laws of the importing and exporting countries:
·
·
equipment/components that contain materials of concern and are being sold or transferred for
reuse/resale be tested to confirm that key functions are working and ensuring that all equipment
and components are clean and free of major cosmetic defects, AND
if key functions are determined not to be working, equipment/components shall be sent to a
qualified service provider for repair, refurbishment, or recycling.
3
Copyright © 2016 IEEE. All rights reserved.
This is an unapproved IEEE Standards Draft, subject to change.
Comment [RC(4]: Qualified needs to be
discussed, if it is kept.
Comment [RC(5]: Deletion of “initial” needs to
be discussed by manufacturers.
Comment [GK6]: New section e) language
proposed by Chris N and Lynn R
P1680.1/Dx, April 2016
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL to IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
Prior to sale to final end user, equipment must be configured with the appropriate legally licensed
software where required for basic operations and device specific drivers for hardware.
The standard requires that equipment/components going for reuse, repair or
refurbishment shall be tested to confirm that key functions of the equipment/components
are working properly, prior to export by any vendor in the recycling chain in conformance with the
laws of the importing country.
f) The standard requires the initial service provider to dispose of “materials of concern” in a hazardous
material disposal facility or alternatively they may be managed by other facilities in accordance with
country/region laws.
Comment [RC(7]: To be discussed further.
g) The standard requires that initial service providers shall control, document and track the material
flow of all equipment, components, and materials covered by the standard, that pass through its
facilities.
h) The standard requires initial service providers to track all “materials of concern” to final disposition,
and to ensure that the downstream take-back service providers are meeting the requirements of items c)
through h).
Consensus Development Requirement:
i) The standard (1) was developed or adopted by a voluntary consensus standards body;2 (2) is
applicable within the country(s)/region(s) being declared to, and is applicable to the scope of
equipment covered by this criterion; (3) at a minimum, defines the handling, tracking, and disposition
of “materials of concern” (or analogous term identifying materials with hazardous characteristics) by
initial service providers and downstream service providers to protect human health and the
environment; and (4) requires intellectual property (IP) relevant to the standard be made available by
the IP owner on a non-discriminatory, royalty-free or reasonable royalty basis to all interested parties.
Applies to: All products that are declared to conform to this standard, in the country(s)/region(s) within
which conformance is publicly declared.
Verification requirements:
1) Declaration from manufacturer.
2) For each of the country(s)/region(s) within which the manufacturer is declaring the product conformant,
the following shall be documented:
a.
Government sanctioned or operated program(s)3 utilized by the
manufacturer, and the scope of entity covered by the program. (e.g., consumer,
commercial/institutional, or both)
Evidence of participating in the government sanctioned or operated program in that
country/region; and/or,
b.
For each initial service provider that performs take-back services outside of
a government sanctioned or operated program, in conformance with a qualified recycling standard:
i.
Copy/evidence of a current certification, performed by an independent CB,
to the qualified recycling standard(s), and/or
ii. Findings (including all non-conformances) and planned/implemented resolutions of
current second- or third-party audit reports examining the performance of the initial
service provider against the qualified recycling standard and Manufacturer statement that
the initial service provider performance is acceptable and either in substantial
4
Copyright © 2016 IEEE. All rights reserved.
This is an unapproved IEEE Standards Draft, subject to change.
Comment [PD8]: From Elena: Having IP made
available on a royalty free basis to interested parties I
would suspect will eliminate most (if not all)
companies that have robust standards of their own
and would otherwise wish to operate under those
standards instead. So I am not sure that by inserting
this point, the standard will achieve what it was set
out to achieve by the inclusion of the consensus
standard.
Comment [NC9]: 12/1/15 EOL Call – The
subgroup confirmed that the IP in requirement (i) is
not applicable to company standards that meet (a)
through (h).
Comment [RC(10]: This section is in question.
How do we ensure it is not used as a loop-hole?
Also, how do we know a standard developed via the
consensus process meets (a – h)?
Comment [L11]: Within this specific criterion
are we using the term country/region in a different
way than in standard?
Lucien request that revisit use of the term
country/region in criterion due to potential confusion
of “region”. Patty – for 1680 standards region is
used because Taiwan not a country. There might be
something in umbrella language. Kim H – also
regional approach within a country a possibility.
Lucien – confusion re: reporting on country vs
regional level. Lucien/Rich – might change to
“state/provinces/jurisdiction” instead. Patty: need to
look at 4.6 in its entirety for this matter. Lucien –
might need to also look at 4.8, possibly others.
Comment [L12]: 1/5/16 LR will provide track
change version of this before next call so that all can
see in context.
Comment [L13]: All on call 1/5/16 were okay
with the general approach to re-organizing the
verification requirements, recognizing that cleaning
up and wordsmithing is still needed.
Comment [PE14]: Added and/or to cover the
situation where the government mandated program
only covers some but not all of the
products/segments (consumer vs. institutional) that
are covered by this criterion
Comment [PE15]: Added this to ensure clarity
that this only applies to non-government mandated
programs
P1680.1/Dx, April 2016
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL to IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
conformance with the qualified recycling standard., a corrective action is in place, or
actions are being taken to withdraw business from a the service provider.
References and details:
It is acceptable for any party to request from or contract with an independent CB or registry service
(providing certification or conformity assessment to this standard) to evaluate whether a recycling standard
is qualified.
Examples of qualified electronics recycling standards at the date of publication of this standard include “eStewards Standard for Responsible Recycling and Reuse of Electronic Equipment”, “The Responsible
Recycling (R2) Standard for Electronics Recyclers”, EN50625, and WEEELABEX v10.
1
“Independent Certification Body” is a body that has been accredited by a national accreditation body,
and is a signatory to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Mutual
Recognition Arrangement (MRA) or the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) Multilateral
Recognition Arrangement (MLA).
2
"Voluntary consensus standards bodies" are domestic or international organizations which plan, develop,
establish, or coordinate voluntary consensus standards using agreed-upon procedures. A voluntary
consensus standards body is defined by the following attributes:
(i) Openness.
(ii) Balance of interest.
(iii) Due process.
(iv) An appeals process, to a body separate from the standards development group.
(v) Consensus, which is defined as general agreement, but not necessarily unanimity, and includes a
process for attempting to resolve objections by interested parties, as long as all comments have
been fairly considered, each objector is advised of the disposition of his or her objection(s) and
the reasons why, and the consensus body members are given an opportunity to change their votes
after reviewing the comments.
3
Government sanctioned or operated programs may only be available in certain states, provinces or other
sub-jurisdictions within a given country/region, in which case the manufacturer must provide
documentation that the product being declared is covered by either a. or b. below in all such states,
provinces or other sub-jurisdictions in that country / region.
Comment [CR16]: Need alternate language.
There is a 1680.2/.3 definition for independent
certification body.
1680 Definitions relevant to this criterion:
independent certification bodies: Organizations that conduct conformity assessments and thirdparty certification of organizations against designated management system standards in accordance
with the requirements of ISO/IEC 17021, as confirmed and accredited by a national accreditation body,
which is a member of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF). Audits are impartial, and
conducted by competent, professional auditors, meeting international guidelines for management
systems auditing as specified in ISO 19011.
initial service providers: Companies who perform recycling and/or refurbishment services for
product/equipment/components and who contract directly with the manufacturer, or a manufacturer’s
agent, to provide one or more initial take-back services.
region: Countries and territories whose independence is not recognized by all countries (e.g., Taiwan).
take-back: Any collection service provided by or caused to be provided by the manufacturer, by which
either the product, packaging, or designated items produced by or recommended by the manufacturer for
use in or with the product, can be returned to the manufacturer or their collection service for reuse, repair,
refurbishment, remanufacturing, and/or recycling. This collection occurs at the end of customer use
5
Copyright © 2016 IEEE. All rights reserved.
This is an unapproved IEEE Standards Draft, subject to change.
Comment [RC(17]: Modified during 3/8/16
meeting.
P1680.1/Dx, April 2016
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL to IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
or when the product or designated item is damaged beyond repair.
take-back service providers: Companies who provide one or more take-back services (e.g.,
recycling, reuse, repair, refurbishment, or remanufacturing).
Below are the existing EOL processing Verification requirements from .2 and .3:
1) Declaration from manufacturer
2) Complete list of subscriber’s initial service providers for the declared country/region
3) Declaration of which standard(s) in each country is being met by each initial service provider in
each country
4) Evidence that the initial service providers utilized are performing take-back services to the declared
qualified recycling standard
 Copies/evidence of current certifications to the declared qualified recycling standard(s) utilized
by all of their initial service providers, or
 For use only during the 18-month grace period, copies of second- or third-party audit reports of
their initial service providers indicating conformance to the declared qualified recycling
standard(s)
5) For programs exempt from this criterion’s requirements for certification to a qualified recycling
standard, the manufacturer shall provide documentation of certification to qualified recycling
standard, or documentation that addresses the manufacturer’s compliance with the legal
requirements of importing, exporting, and transit countries for transboundary trade to the point of
repair or refurbishment
6) For programs exempt from this criterion’s requirements for certification to a qualified recycling
standard, the manufacturer shall provide evidence that residual equipment and components, scrap,
and materials derived from equipment from these programs are processed by a recycler certified to a
qualified recycling standard; and documentation that addresses the manufacturer’s compliance with
the legal requirements of importing, exporting, and transit countries for transboundary trade to the
certified recycler
References and details: None available.
8
9
10
6
Copyright © 2016 IEEE. All rights reserved.
This is an unapproved IEEE Standards Draft, subject to change.
P1680.1/Dx, April 2016
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL to IEEE P1680.1, Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers, Slate/Tablets, Small Scale Servers,
Signage Displays and Personal Computer Monitors
1
Annex A
2
(informative)
3
Bibliography
4
5
6
Bibliographical references are resources that provide additional or helpful material but do not need to be
understood or used to implement this standard. Reference to these resources is made for informational use
only.
7
7
Copyright © 2016 IEEE. All rights reserved.
This is an unapproved IEEE Standards Draft, subject to change.