22 Product disposal
Mechanical shredding
Remove the harmful material before shredding the drive in the shredding machine. See
subsection List of potentially harmful materials.
List of potentially harmful materials
Definitions and regulations of hazardous materials differ from country to country and are
likely to change when knowledge of materials increases. The materials used in the product
are materials typically used in electric and electronic devices.
The list given below is based on the following references:
1. CEFIC-EECA-EICTA. Excerpts of restrictions on substances from legal provisions for
special application in electric and electronic products. May 02, 2002.
2. Substances contained in products of the electrical/electronics industry. Zentralverband
Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie (ZVEI) e.V., Frankfurt am Main. 1995.
3. Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January
2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
4. Commission Decision of 3 May 2000 replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of
wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council
Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of
Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste. (2000/532/EC). European Waste
Catalogue.
List of possibly harmful substances in different materials and components according to the
references.
Note: According to the European Waste Catalogue, an end-of-life product is classified by
code 16 02 14. Printed circuit boards and electrolytic capacitors, removed from the
product, are however classified as "hazardous components removed from discarded
equipment", code 16 02 15, requiring special treatment.
Component Harmful substance(s) Reference
Printed circuit boards Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA, flame retardant) 3
Electrolytic capacitors N/A (= not available), may contain harmful chemicals
(DMAC/DMF)*
3
Plastics None
Semiconductors None
Cables PVC 1
*Composition varies with the manufacture and technical development of the electrolytic capacitors
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