IEC 63395:2026

2Scope / Description

IEC 63395:2026 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.
The 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.
The 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 sustainable management of e-waste.
NOTE 2 Additional local requirements or regulations can apply.
This document is a basic environment horizontal publication focusing on essential requirements and is primarily intended for use by committees in the preparation of publications within the area of environment in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 123. Wherever applicable, it is the responsibility of committees to make use of environment basic publications in the preparation of their environment group and product publications. Committees can apply this document directly to products when they do not develop a product publication in the area of environment.