SIST EN 305 174-8 V1.1.1:2018

ETSI EN 305 174-8 V1.1.1 (2018-01)






EUROPEAN STANDARD
Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM);
Broadband Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management;
Part 8: Management of end of life of ICT equipment
(ICT waste/end of life)

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Reference
DEN/ATTM-0010
Keywords
broadband, energy management, e-waste
management, ICT, waste management
ETSI
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 6
Foreword . 6
Modal verbs terminology . 6
Introduction . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 References . 8
2.1 Normative references . 8
2.2 Informative references . 8
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 9
3.1 Definitions . 9
3.2 Abbreviations . 11
4 Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) . 12
4.1 General . 12
4.2 European Union actions on e-waste . 12
4.3 Trans-boundary movements of waste . 13
4.4 Extended Producer Responsibility Principle (EPR) . 13
4.5 European Union ICT WEEE . 14
4.5.1 General . 14
4.5.2 Collection and recycling of WEEE . 14
4.5.3 Treatment of WEEE. 14
5 ICT WEEE . 15
5.1 General . 15
6 Requirements for processing of WEEE within broadband deployment . 16
6.1 General . 16
6.1.1 Application of national legislation . 16
6.1.2 Collection of WEEE . 16
6.1.3 Treatment . 17
6.2 Management of WEEE within ICT sites, core and access networks . 17
6.2.1 Requirements . 17
6.2.1.1 Supply Chain . 17
6.2.1.2 Internal organization . 18
6.2.1.3 Extended Producer Responsibility . 18
6.2.1.4 Training . 18
6.2.1.5 WEEE in companies network transformation . 18
6.2.1.6 Collection Scheme and partners . 19
6.2.1.7 Subscriber equipment . 19
6.2.1.8 Rare resources and valorisation. 19
6.2.1.9 Second-hand and re-use of equipment . 19
6.2.2 Recommendations . 20
6.2.3 Management of WEEE within customer premises . 20
6.3 Calculation of recycling and valorisation rates . 20
Annex A (informative): Future structure of this multi-part deliverable . 21
Annex B (informative): Bibliography . 22
History . 23

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List of figures
Figure 1: Schematic of fixed and mobile communication networks .15

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List of tables
Table 1: Types of EEE producer .14
Table 2: WEEE in the elements of broadband deployment .16

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Intellectual Property Rights
Essential patents
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web
server (https://ipr.etsi.org/).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web
server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Trademarks
The present document may include trademarks and/or tradenames which are asserted and/or registered by their owners.
ETSI claims no ownership of these except for any which are indicated as being the property of ETSI, and conveys no
right to use or reproduce any trademark and/or tradename. Mention of those trademarks in the present document does
not constitute an endorsement by ETSI of products, services or organizations associated with those trademarks.
Foreword
This European Standard (EN) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Access, Terminals, Transmission and
Multiplexing (ATTM).
The present document is part 8 of a multi-part deliverable covering lifecycle resource management of broadband
deployment as identified below:
Part 1: "Overview, common and generic aspects";
Part 2: "ICT sites";
Part 3: " Core, regional metropolitan networks";
Part 4: "Access networks";
Part 5: "Customer network infrastructures; Sub-part 1 Homes (single-tenant)";
Part 6: "Cable accesss networks";
Part 7: "Digital multiservice cities";
Part 8: "Management of end of life of ICT equipment (ICT waste/end of life)".
Other documents are planned for development to extend this multi-part deliverable. These are listed in annex A and are
mentioned in the present document.

National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 24 January 2018
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 30 April 2018
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 October 2018
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 October 2018

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Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
Introduction
The increasing interaction between the different elements of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector
(hardware, middleware, software and services) supports the concept of convergence in which:
• multi-service packages can be delivered over a common infrastructure;
• a variety of infrastructures is able to deliver these packages;
• a single multi-service-package may be delivered over different infrastructures.
As a result of this convergence, the development of new services, applications and content has resulted in:
• an increased demand for bandwidth, reliability, quality and performance, with a consequent increase in the
demand for power which has implications for cost and, in some cases, availability;
• an associated continuous evolution of ICT equipment.
It is therefore important to consider the environmental viability of all network elements necessary to deliver the required
services in terms of the management of their operational aspects i.e. energy management (including energy efficiency)
and the management of the End-of-Life (EoL) of the ICT equipment.
NOTE: The term "environmental viability" is used while recognizing that well established treatments of
"sustainability" feature three separate viability objectives (environmental, economic and social). For the
purposes of this multi-part deliverable, only operational aspects of environmental viability are considered.
A wider approach to environmental viability takes other factors into account including the use of raw
materials and avoidance of hazardous substances in the construction of infrastructure or ICT equipment-
these factors are not considered.
New technologies and infrastructure strategies are expected to enable operators to decrease the energy consumption, for
a given level of service, of their existing and future infrastructures thus decreasing their costs. This requires a common
understanding among market participants that only standards can produce.
This multi-part deliverable specifies the general engineering of various broadband infrastructures to enable the most
effective energy management (and management of other resources) and the appropriate measures for EoL treatment of
ICT equipment. Certain of the standards may specify requirements for interoperability.
The present document has been developed against the following background:
• Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) such as the ICT equipment used within broadband
deployment systems and mobile networks has joined computers, televisions, refrigerators and mobile
telephones phones as one the fastest growing waste streams in the European Union (EU) and is expected to
grow to more than 12 million tonnes by 2020.
• Further to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the European Commission (EC) has issued, and will issue, Directives and
Regulations in order to improve e-waste processing of whole industry sectors and producers and users of ICT
equipment are obliged to monitor waste processing of that equipment.
Independent of national regulation and legislation concerning WEEE, the present document specifies requirements for
processes in relation to management of EoL for ICT equipment used within infrastructures of broadband deployment.
The objective of the present document is to specify requirements and recommendations for the ICT sector to contribute
actively to the WEEE collection objectives as defined in the WEEE Directive.
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1 Scope
The present document is part 8 of a multi-part deliverable which specifies requirements for processes in relation to
management of end-of-life of ICT equipment.
The present document specifies requirements and recommendations for the ICT sector to contribute actively to the
WEEE collection objectives as defined in the WEEE Directive.
Interpretation of regulation and legislation concerning the topic are outside the outside the scope of the present
document and are covered by other standards and regulations. However, information given in the present document may
be of assistance in meeting these standards and regulations.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference/.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
Not applicable.
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste
electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) Text with EEA relevance.
NOTE Referred to as the "WEEE Directive".
[i.2] Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the
restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment Text
with EEA relevance.
NOTE: Referred to as the "RoHS Directive".
[i.3] Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on
batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive
91/157/EEC (Text with EEA relevance).
[i.4] ETSI EN 305 174-1: "Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM); Broadband
Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management; Part 1: Overview, common and generic
aspects".
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[i.5] Recommendation ITU-T I.113: "Vocabulary of terms for broadband aspects of ISDN".
[i.6] Regulation (EC) 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on
shipments of waste.
[i.7] Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006
concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH),
establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing
Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as
Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC
and 2000/21/EC (Text with EEA relevance).
[i.8] Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their
Disposal.
[i.9] Mandate M/462: "Standardisation mandate addressed to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI in the field of
ICT to enable efficient energy use in fixed and mobile information and communication networks".
[i.10] ETSI EN 305 174-3: "Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM); Broadband
Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management; Part 3: Core, regional metropolitan networks".
[i.11] ETSI EN 305 174-4-1: "Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM); Broadband
Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management; Part 4-1: Fixed access networks (excluding
cable).
[i.12] ETSI EN 305 174-4-2: "Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM); Broadband
Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management; Part 4-2: Mobile access networks".
[i.13] ETSI EN 305 174-5-2: "Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM); Broadband
Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management; Part 5-2: Office premises (single-tenant)".
[i.14] ETSI EN 305 174-5-4: "Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM); Broadband
Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management; Part 5-4: Multi-tenant premises (residential and
commercial)".
[i.15] ETSI EN 305 174-6: "Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM); Broadband
Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management; Part 6: Cable Access Networks".
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions apply:
access network: functional elements (that is equipment and infrastructure) that enable communication between an
operator site (OS) and a customer network
Base Station (BS): network telecommunications equipment which serves one or more cells within a coverage area of a
mobile network
base station site: network distribution node (NDN) which accommodates a base station
broadband: telecommunications service capable of providing more than 2 048 kbit/s (Recommendation
ITU-T I.113 [i.5]) full-rate capacity in at least one direction
NOTE: ISDN is not considered to be a broadband technology and is not addressed in the present document.
cable access network: access network provided by cable operators comprising optical fibre and metallic cabling
providing direct connection to customer premises
collection (of WEEE): gathering of waste, including the preliminary sorting and preliminary storage of waste for the
purposes of transport to a waste treatment facility
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core network: functional elements (that is equipment and infrastructure) that enable communication between operator
sites (OSs) or equivalent ICT sites
disposal (of WEEE): any operation which is not recovery even where the operation has as a secondary consequence
the reclamation of substances, materials or products or energy
Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE): equipment which is dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic fields in
order to work properly and equipment for the generation, transfer and measurement of such currents and fields and designed
for use with a voltage rating not exceeding 1 000 volts for alternating current and 1 500 volts for direct current
End-of-Life (EoL): established point in a product life cycle after a period of primary use and at which a decision is
required with regard to reuse, recycling or disposal
Fibre Node (FN): device which performs a media conversion between an optical fibre cable link and a coaxial cable
link in a cable access network
fixed access network: access network provided by telecommunications operators comprising optical fibre and metallic
cabling providing direct connection to customer premises
fraction (of WEEE): separate output material generated by WEEE treatment
ICT equipment: equipment providing data storage, processing and transport services
NOTE: A combination of Information Technology Equipment and Network Telecommunications Equipment
ICT site: site containing structures or group of structures dedicated to the accommodation, interconnection and
operation of ICT equipment together with all the facilities and infrastructures for power distribution and environmental
control together with the necessary levels of resilience and security required to provide the desired service availability
Information Technology Equipment (ITE): equipment providing data storage, processing and transport services for
subsequent distribution by network telecommunications equipment (NTE)
mobile access network: telecommunications network in which the access to the network (connection between user
equipment and network) is implemented over the air interface
Network Data Centre (NDC): data centre embedded within the core network
NOTE: A network data centre of a cable access network may be termed a master head-end
Network Distribution Node (NDN): grouping of NTE equipment within the boundaries of an access network
providing distribution of service from an operator site (OS)
NOTE: Where all the Network Telecommunications Equipment (NTE) at a given location is under common
governance, any supporting infrastructure for power distribution and environmental control together with
the necessary levels of resilience and security required to provide the desired service availability is
included as part of the NDN.
Network Interface Unit (NIU): principal device within customer premises allowing user access to the services
provided by the cable access network
Network Telecommunications Equipment (NTE): equipment between the boundaries of, and dedicated to providing
connection to, core and/or access networks
Network Termination Point (NTP): physical point(s) at which a subscriber is provided with access to the operator
network (this may be co-located with an external network test interface)
Operator Site (OS): premises accommodating network telecommunications equipment (NTE) providing direct
connection to the core and access networks and which may also accommodate information technology equipment (ITE)
NOTE 1: An operator site that is only connected to the core network is considered as a network data centre.
NOTE 2: An operator site of a cable access network may be termed a local head-end.
recovery (of WEEE): any operation the principal result of which is waste serving a useful purpose in replacing other
substances, materials or products that have been used for a particular purpose, or waste being prepared to be used for
this purpose
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recycling (of WEEE): any recovery operation by which waste materials are reprocessed into substances, materials or
products for their original purpose or for other purposes
NOTE: E.g.: recovery of electronic cards, processing of plastics or metals contained in WEEE collected by ICT
users are recycling operations.
reuse (of WEEE): any operation by which products or components that are not waste are used again for the same
purpose for which they were conceived
Terminal Equipment (TE): principal device within customer premises allowing user access to the services provided
by the fixed access network
treatment (of WEEE): means recovery or disposal operations, including preparation prior to recovery or disposal
User Equipment (UE): device allowing user access to the services provided by the mobile access network
valorisation: extraction of monetary or economic value
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): electrical or electronic equipment which is waste within the meaning
of Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC, including all components, sub-assemblies and consumables which are part of the
product at the time of discarding
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
ADSL Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line
BS Base Station
CE Conformité Européenne (meaning European Conformity for CE Marking)
EC European Commission
EEE Electrical and Electronic Equipment
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EoL End-of-Life
EPR Extended Producer Responsibility
EU European Union
FN Fibre Node
ICT Information Communications Technology
IP Internet Protocol
IT Information Technology
ITE Information Technology Equipment
NDC Network Data Centre
NDN Network Distribution Node
NIU Network Interface Unit
NTE Network Telecommunications Equipment
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OS Operator Site
PABX Private Automated Branch eXchange
PC Personal Computer
PSTN Private Subscriber Telephone Network
R Repeater
REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of CHemicals
RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substances
SSD Solid State Drive
SVHC Substances of Very High Concern (in the context of REACH)
TE Terminal Equipment
UE User Equipment
WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
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4 Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
4.1 General
The treatment of obsolete ICT equipment is an important aspect of overall environmental viability of broadband
deployment because:
• the produ
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Draft ETSI EN 305 174-8 V1.1.0 (2017-10)






EUROPEAN STANDARD
Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM);
Broadband Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management;
Part 8: Management of end of life of ICT equipment
(ICT waste/end of life)

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Reference
DEN/ATTM-0010
Keywords
broadband, energy management, e-waste
management, ICT, waste management
ETSI
650 Route des Lucioles
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00  Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16

Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - NAF 742 C
Association à but non lucratif enregistrée à la
Sous-Préfecture de Grasse (06) N° 7803/88

Important notice
The present document can be downloaded from:
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 6
Foreword . 6
Modal verbs terminology . 6
Introduction . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 References . 8
2.1 Normative references . 8
2.2 Informative references . 8
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 9
3.1 Definitions . 9
3.2 Abbreviations . 11
4 Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) . 12
4.1 General . 12
4.2 European Union actions on e-waste . 12
4.3 Trans-boundary movements of waste . 13
4.4 Extended Producer Responsibility Principle (EPR) . 13
4.5 European Union ICT WEEE . 14
4.5.1 General . 14
4.5.2 Collection and recycling of WEEE . 14
4.5.3 Treatment of WEEE. 14
5 ICT WEEE . 15
5.1 General . 15
6 Requirements for processing of WEEE within broadband deployment . 16
6.1 General . 16
6.1.1 Application of national legislation . 16
6.1.2 Collection of WEEE . 16
6.1.3 Treatment . 17
6.2 Management of WEEE within ICT sites, core and access networks . 17
6.2.1 Requirements . 17
6.2.1.1 Supply Chain . 17
6.2.1.2 Internal organization . 18
6.2.1.3 Extended Producer Responsibility . 18
6.2.1.4 Training . 18
6.2.1.5 WEEE in companies network transformation . 18
6.2.1.6 Collection Scheme and partners . 19
6.2.1.7 Subscriber equipment . 19
6.2.1.8 Rare resources and valorisation. 19
6.2.1.9 Second-hand and re-use of equipment . 19
6.2.2 Recommendations . 20
6.2.3 Management of WEEE within customer premises . 20
6.3 Calculation of recycling and valorisation rates . 20
Annex A (informative): Future structure of this multi-part deliverable . 21
Annex B (informative): Bibliography . 22
History . 23

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List of figures
Figure 1: Schematic of fixed and mobile communication networks .15

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List of tables
Table 1: Types of EEE producer .14
Table 2: WEEE in the elements of broadband deployment .16

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Intellectual Property Rights
Essential patents
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web
server (https://ipr.etsi.org/).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web
server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Trademarks
The present document may include trademarks and/or tradenames which are asserted and/or registered by their owners.
ETSI claims no ownership of these except for any which are indicated as being the property of ETSI, and conveys no
right to use or reproduce any trademark and/or tradename. Mention of those trademarks in the present document does
not constitute an endorsement by ETSI of products, services or organizations associated with those trademarks.
Foreword
This draft European Standard (EN) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Access, Terminals, Transmission
and Multiplexing (ATTM), and is now submitted for the combined Public Enquiry and Vote phase of the ETSI
standards EN Approval Procedure.
The present document is part 8 of a multi-part deliverable covering lifecycle resource management of broadband
deployment as identified below:
Part 1: "Overview, common and generic aspects";
Part 2: "ICT sites";
Part 5: "Customer network infrastructures; Sub-part 1 Homes (single-tenant)";
Part 8: "Management of end of life of ICT equipment (ICT waste/end of life)".
Other documents are planned for development to extend this multi-part deliverable. These are listed in annex A and are
mentioned in the present document.

Proposed national transposition dates
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 3 months after ETSI publication
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 6 months after doa
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 6 months after doa

Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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Introduction
The increasing interaction between the different elements of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector
(hardware, middleware, software and services) supports the concept of convergence in which:
• multi-service packages can be delivered over a common infrastructure;
• a variety of infrastructures is able to deliver these packages;
• a single multi-service-package may be delivered over different infrastructures.
As a result of this convergence, the development of new services, applications and content has resulted in:
• an increased demand for bandwidth, reliability, quality and performance, with a consequent increase in the
demand for power which has implications for cost and, in some cases, availability;
• an associated continuous evolution of ICT equipment.
It is therefore important to consider the environmental viability of all network elements necessary to deliver the required
services in terms of the management of their operational aspects i.e. energy management (including energy efficiency)
and the management of the End-of-Life (EoL) of the ICT equipment.
NOTE: The term "environmental viability" is used while recognizing that well established treatments of
"sustainability" feature three separate viability objectives (environmental, economic and social). For the
purposes of this multi-part deliverable, only operational aspects of environmental viability are considered.
A wider approach to environmental viability takes other factors into account including the use of raw
materials and avoidance of hazardous substances in the construction of infrastructure or ICT equipment-
these factors are not considered.
New technologies and infrastructure strategies are expected to enable operators to decrease the energy consumption, for
a given level of service, of their existing and future infrastructures thus decreasing their costs. This requires a common
understanding among market participants that only standards can produce.
This multi-part deliverable specifies the general engineering of various broadband infrastructures to enable the most
effective energy management (and management of other resources) and the appropriate measures for EoL treatment of
ICT equipment. Certain of the standards may specify requirements for interoperability.
The present document has been developed against the following background:
• Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) such as the ICT equipment used within broadband
deployment systems and mobile networks has joined computers, televisions, refrigerators and mobile
telephones phones as one the fastest growing waste streams in the European Union (EU) and is expected to
grow to more than 12 million tonnes by 2020.
• Further to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the European Commission (EC) has issued, and will issue, Directives and
Regulations in order to improve e-waste processing of whole industry sectors and producers and users of ICT
equipment are obliged to monitor waste processing of that equipment.
Independent of national regulation and legislation concerning WEEE, the present document specifies requirements for
processes in relation to management of EoL for ICT equipment used within infrastructures of broadband deployment.
The objective of the present document is to specify requirements and recommendations for the ICT sector to contribute
actively to the WEEE collection objectives as defined in the WEEE Directive.
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1 Scope
The present document is part 8 of a multi-part deliverable which specifies requirements for processes in relation to
management of end-of-life of ICT equipment.
The present document specifies requirements and recommendations for the ICT sector to contribute actively to the
WEEE collection objectives as defined in the WEEE Directive.
Interpretation of regulation and legislation concerning the topic are outside the outside the scope of the present
document and are covered by other standards and regulations. However, information given in the present document may
be of assistance in meeting these standards and regulations.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference/.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
Not applicable.
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste
electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) Text with EEA relevance.
NOTE Referred to as the "WEEE Directive".
[i.2] Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the
restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment Text
with EEA relevance.
NOTE: Referred to as the "RoHS Directive".
[i.3] Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on
batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive
91/157/EEC (Text with EEA relevance).
[i.4] ETSI EN 305 174-1: "Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM); Broadband
Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management; Part 1: Overview, common and generic
aspects".
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[i.5] Recommendation ITU-T I.113: "Vocabulary of terms for broadband aspects of ISDN".
[i.6] Regulation (EC) 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on
shipments of waste.
[i.7] Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006
concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH),
establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing
Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as
Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC
and 2000/21/EC (Text with EEA relevance).
[i.8] Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their
Disposal.
[i.9] Mandate M/462: "Standardisation mandate addressed to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI in the field of
ICT to enable efficient energy use in fixed and mobile information and communication networks".
[i.10] ETSI EN 305 174-3: "Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM); Broadband
Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management; Part 3: Core, regional metropolitan networks".
[i.11] ETSI EN 305 174-4-1: "Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM); Broadband
Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management; Part 4-1: Fixed access networks (excluding
cable).
[i.12] ETSI EN 305 174-4-2: "Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM); Broadband
Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management; Part 4-2: Mobile access networks".
[i.13] ETSI EN 305 174-5-2: "Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM); Broadband
Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management; Part 5-2: Office premises (single-tenant)".
[i.14] ETSI EN 305 174-5-4: "Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM); Broadband
Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management; Part 5-4: Multi-tenant premises (residential and
commercial)".
[i.15] ETSI EN 305 174-6: "Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (ATTM); Broadband
Deployment and Lifecycle Resource Management; Part 6: Cable Access Networks".
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions apply:
access network: functional elements (that is equipment and infrastructure) that enable communication between an
operator site (OS) and a customer network
Base Station (BS): network telecommunications equipment which serves one or more cells within a coverage area of a
mobile network
base station site: network distribution node (NDN) which accommodates a base station
broadband: telecommunications service capable of providing more than 2 048 kbit/s (Recommendation
ITU-T I.113 [i.5]) full-rate capacity in at least one direction
NOTE: ISDN is not considered to be a broadband technology and is not addressed in the present document.
cable access network: access network provided by cable operators comprising optical fibre and metallic cabling
providing direct connection to customer premises
collection (of WEEE): gathering of waste, including the preliminary sorting and preliminary storage of waste for the
purposes of transport to a waste treatment facility
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core network: functional elements (that is equipment and infrastructure) that enable communication between operator
sites (OSs) or equivalent ICT sites
disposal (of WEEE): any operation which is not recovery even where the operation has as a secondary consequence
the reclamation of substances, materials or products or energy
Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE): equipment which is dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic fields in
order to work properly and equipment for the generation, transfer and measurement of such currents and fields and designed
for use with a voltage rating not exceeding 1 000 volts for alternating current and 1 500 volts for direct current
End-of-Life (EoL): established point in a product life cycle after a period of primary use and at which a decision is
required with regard to reuse, recycling or disposal
Fibre Node (FN): device which performs a media conversion between an optical fibre cable link and a coaxial cable
link in a cable access network
fixed access network: access network provided by telecommunications operators comprising optical fibre and metallic
cabling providing direct connection to customer premises
fraction (of WEEE): separate output material generated by WEEE treatment
ICT equipment: equipment providing data storage, processing and transport services
NOTE: A combination of Information Technology Equipment and Network Telecommunications Equipment
ICT site: site containing structures or group of structures dedicated to the accommodation, interconnection and
operation of ICT equipment together with all the facilities and infrastructures for power distribution and environmental
control together with the necessary levels of resilience and security required to provide the desired service availability
Information Technology Equipment (ITE): equipment providing data storage, processing and transport services for
subsequent distribution by network telecommunications equipment (NTE)
mobile access network: telecommunications network in which the access to the network (connection between user
equipment and network) is implemented over the air interface
Network Data Centre (NDC): data centre embedded within the core network
NOTE: A network data centre of a cable access network may be termed a master head-end
Network Distribution Node (NDN): grouping of NTE equipment within the boundaries of an access network
providing distribution of service from an operator site (OS)
NOTE: Where all the Network Telecommunications Equipment (NTE) at a given location is under common
governance, any supporting infrastructure for power distribution and environmental control together with
the necessary levels of resilience and security required to provide the desired service availability is
included as part of the NDN.
Network Interface Unit (NIU): principal device within customer premises allowing user access to the services
provided by the cable access network
Network Telecommunications Equipment (NTE): equipment between the boundaries of, and dedicated to providing
connection to, core and/or access networks
Network Termination Point (NTP): physical point(s) at which a subscriber is provided with access to the operator
network (this may be co-located with an external network test interface)
Operator Site (OS): premises accommodating network telecommunications equipment (NTE) providing direct
connection to the core and access networks and which may also accommodate information technology equipment (ITE)
NOTE 1: An operator site that is only connected to the core network is considered as a network data centre.
NOTE 2: An operator site of a cable access network may be termed a local head-end.
recovery (of WEEE): any operation the principal result of which is waste serving a useful purpose in replacing other
substances, materials or products that have been used for a particular purpose, or waste being prepared to be used for
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recycling (of WEEE): any recovery operation by which waste materials are reprocessed into substances, materials or
products for their original purpose or for other purposes
NOTE: E.g.: recovery of electronic cards, processing of plastics or metals contained in WEEE collected by ICT
users are recycling operations.
reuse (of WEEE): any operation by which products or components that are not waste are used again for the same
purpose for which they were conceived
Terminal Equipment (TE): principal device within customer premises allowing user access to the services provided
by the fixed access network
treatment (of WEEE): means recovery or disposal operations, including preparation prior to recovery or disposal
User Equipment (UE): device allowing user access to the services provided by the mobile access network
valorisation: extraction of monetary or economic value
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): electrical or electronic equipment which is waste within the meaning
of Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC, including all components, sub-assemblies and consumables which are part of the
product at the time of discarding
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
ADSL Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line
BS Base Station
CE Conformité Européenne (meaning European Conformity for CE Marking)
EC European Commission
EEE Electrical and Electronic Equipment
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EoL End-of-Life
EPR Extended Producer Responsibility
EU European Union
FN Fibre Node
ICT Information Communications Technology
IP Internet Protocol
IT Information Technology
ITE Information Technology Equipment
NDC Network Data Centre
NDN Network Distribution Node
NIU Network Interface Unit
NTE Network Telecommunications Equipment
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OS Operator Site
PABX Private Automated Branch eXchange
PC Personal Computer
PSTN Private Subscriber Telephone Network
R Repeater
REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of CHemicals
RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substances
SSD Solid State Drive
SVHC Substances of Very High Concern (in the context of REACH)
TE Terminal Equipment
UE User Equipment
WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
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4 Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
4.1 General
The treatment of obsolete ICT equipment is an important aspect of overall environmental viability of broadband
deployment because:
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