ISO 16714:2008 covers recycling of earth-moving machinery

To ensure environmentally sound treatment of a machine and all its components when the time comes, it is essential that eventual recovery issues are already taken into account during the design phase, along with safety, emissions, fuel consumption and other design considerations.

ISO 16714:2008, Earth-moving machinery - Recyclability and recoverability - Terminology and calculation method, provides manufacturers with a much needed and internationally agreed tool to evaluate the ability and potential of new machines to be recovered and/or recycled.

The standard is applicable to machinery designed to perform excavation, loading, transportation, drilling, spreading, compacting or trenching of earth, rock and other materials, as defined in ISO 6165:2006, Earth-moving machinery - Basic types - Identification and terms and definitions.

Four main stages reflecting the typical treatment of end-of-life machines form the basis of the specified method of calculation. As noted by Nobukazu Kotake, Chair of ISO/TC 127/SC 3: "ISO 16714 will help manufacturers to calculate the reuse and recycling percentage of machines, their components and materials before they are put on the market. Dismantlers and recyclers will also find this standard useful to help identify what parts of a machine are recoverable, with a view to recycling or reusing the materials or components for new applications."

ISO 16714: 2008 was developed by subcommittee SC 3, Machine characteristics, electrical and electronic systems, operation and maintenance, of technical committee ISO/TC127, Earth-moving machinery.

The outstanding achievements and international expertise of ISO/TC 127 were publicly recognised in October 2008 when the technical committee was presented with the 2008 edition of the Lawrence D Eicher Leadership Award at the 31st ISO General Assembly in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Every year, the award provides recognition for superior performance by one of ISO's standards development groups.

ISO 16714:2008, Earth-moving machinery - Recyclability and recoverability - Terminology and calculation method, is available from ISO national member institutes, directly from the ISO Central Secretariat at a price of 64 Swiss francs, and through the ISO Store.