Environmental footprint and material efficiency support for product policy : feasibility study for a standardised method to measure the time taken to extract certain parts from electrical and electronic equipment

The present report intends to provide scientific evidence of the feasibility of defining extraction times for the dismantling of EEE and how the measurement method should be structured. The development of a standardised method for measuring the extraction time of a product's target parts should allow the repeatability of measurements and the minimising of uncertainty by removing or decreasing the influence of uncontrolled experimental conditions. The report includes a review of the relevant scientific references (including standards and scientific articles), discusses key issues for the measurement of the 'time for extraction' of product's target parts and proposes how such key issues can be integrated into an exemplary method for the measurement. Key definitions to be provided in the measurement method have been identified and provided for the following terms: target parts, extraction, extraction sequence, extraction time, worker experience, and tools for the extraction of components/parts. This report also establishes possible operating conditions such as the testing area and safety requirements for extracting parts contained in EEE.