Form 1: Proposal for a new field oftechnical activity
Circulation date:2015-07-11
Closing date for voting:2015-10-11

Reference number(to be given by Central Secretariat)

Proposer :ISO/TS/P 252

SFS (Finland)

A proposal for a new field of technical activity shall be submitted to the Central Secretariat, which
will assign it a reference number and process the proposal in accordance with the ISO/IEC
Directives (part 1, subclause 1.5). The proposer may be a member body of ISO, a technicalcommittee, subcommittee or project committee, the Technical Management Board or a General
Assembly committee, the Secretary-General, a body responsible for managing a certification syste m
operating under the auspices of ISO, or another international organization with national bodymembership. Guidelines for proposing and justifying a new field of technical activity are given in theISO/IEC Directives (part 1, Annex C).
The proposal (to be completed by the proposer)
Title of the proposed new committee (The title shall indicate clearly yet concisely the new
field of technical activity which the proposal is intended to cover.)Solid recovered fuels

Scope statement of the proposed new committee (The scope shall precisely define thelimits of the field of activity. Scopes shall not repeat general aims and principles
governing the work of the organization but shall indicate the specific area concerned.)

Elaboration of standards and other deliverables on solid recovered fuels prepared from nonhazardous waste to be utilised for energy recovery in waste incineration or co-incineration plants
or in industrial processes (like cement manufacturing), excluding fuels that are included in thescope of ISO/TC 238.

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Proposed initial programme of work (The proposed programme of work shall correspondto and clearly reflect the aims of the standardization activities and shall, therefore, show
the relationship between the subject proposed. Each item on the programme of work shallbe defined by both the subject aspect(s) to be standardized (for products, for example,
the items would be the types of products, characteristics, other requirements, data to besupplied, test methods, etc.). Supplementary justification may be combined withparticular items in the programme of work. The proposed programme of work shall alsosuggest priorities and target dates.
The proposed programme of work for the standardization of solid recovered fuels:
1) Basic standards- terminology- a standard for describing and defining the classification system- a standard defining the quality management for the production of SRF (in line with ISO 9001)
2) Testing and analysis standards and technical specifications for- sampling and sample preparation of solid recovered fuels- physical and mechanical tests- chemical tests

Indication(s) of the preferred type or types of deliverable(s) to be produced under theproposal (This may be combined with the "Proposed initial programme of work" if moreconvenient.)
ISO standards

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A listing of relevant existing documents at the international, regional and national levels.
(Any known relevant document (such as standards and regulations) shall be listed,regardless of their source and should be accompanied by an indication of theirsignificance.)
Basic standards:
EN 15357 Solid recovered fuels - Terminology, definitions and descriptions
EN 15358 Solid recovered fuels - Quality management systems - Particular requirements fortheir application to the production of solid recovered fuels
EN 15359 Solid recovered fuels - Specifications and classes
Testing and analysis standards and technical specifications:
EN 15442 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for sampling
EN 15443 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for the preparation of the laboratory sample
EN 15400 Solid recovered fuels – Determination of calorific value
EN 15403 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of ash content
CEN/TS 15414-1 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of moisture content using the oven dry
method - Part 1: Determination of total moisture by a reference methodCEN/TS 15414-2 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of moisture content using the oven dry
method - Part 2: Determination of total moisture by a simplified method
CEN/TS 15414-3 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of moisture content using the oven dry
method - Part 3: Moisture in general analysis sample
EN 15408 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for the determination of sulphur (S), chlorine (Cl),fluorine (F) and bromine (Br) content
EN 15411 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for the determination of the content of trace elements(As, Ba, Be, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mo, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Tl, V and Zn)
EN 15415-1 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of particle size distribution - Part 1: Screen
method for small dimension particles
EN 15440 Solid recovered fuels - Method for the determination of biomass content
CEN/TS 15401 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of bulk density
EN 15402 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of content of volatile matter
CEN/TS 15405 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of density of pellets and briquettes
CEN/TS 15406 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of bridging properties of bulk material
EN 15407 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for the determination of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) andnitrogen (N) content
EN 15410 Solid recovered fuels - Method for the determination of the content of major elements(Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Na, P, Si, Ti)
CEN/TS 15412 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for the determination of metallic aluminium
EN 15413 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for the preparation of the test sample from thelaboratory sample
CEN/TS 15639 Solid recovered fuels – Determination of mechanical durability of pellets
EN 15415-2 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of particle size distribution - Part 2: Maximum
projected length method (manual) for large dimension particles
EN 15415-3 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of particle size distribution - Part 3: Method byimage analysis for large dimension particles
EN 15590 Solid recovered fuels – Determination of potential rate of microbial self heating using
the real dynamic respiration index
Technical reports:
CEN/TR 14980 Solid recovered fuels - Report on relative difference between biodegradable and biogenicfractions of SRF
CEN/TR 15404 Solid recovered fuels – Methods for the determination of ash melting behaviour by using
characteristic temperatures
CEN/TR 15441 Solid recovered fuels - Guidelines on occupational health aspects
CEN/TR 15508 Key properties on solid recovered fuels to be used for establishing a classification system
CEN/TR 15716 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of combustion behaviour
CEN/TR 15591 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of the biomass content based on the 14C method

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A statement from the proposer as to how the proposed work may relate to or impact on
existing work, especially existing ISO and IEC deliverables. (The proposer should explain
how the work differs from apparently similar work, or explain how duplication and conflict
will be minimized. If seemingly similar or related work is already in the scope of othercommittees of the organization or in other organizations, the proposed scope shalldistinguish between the proposed work and the other work. T he proposer shall indicate
whether his or her proposal could be dealt with by widening the scope of an existingcommittee or by establishing a new committee.)
Fuels prepared from waste are a very specific source of energy. In ISO there is a committee forsolid biofuels (ISO/TC 238). It was set up based on the work done in CEN for biofuels. Raw
material and use for biofuels, compared with solid recovered fuels, are different and also theregulatory basis for them generally differs. That is why it was not deemed justified to cover these
topics in one single committee. Other than ISO/TC 238 there is no other committee wherestandardization of solid recovered fuels could be incorporated.

A listing of relevant countries where the subject of the proposal is important to theirnational commercial interests.
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland,Italy, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, UnitedStates of America

A listing of relevant external international organizations or internal parties (other ISOand/or IEC committees) to be engaged as liaisons in the development of thedeliverable(s). (In order to avoid conflict with, or duplication of efforts of, other bod ies, itis important to indicate all points of possible conflict or overlap. The result of any
communication with other interested bodies shall also be included.)
European Recovered Fuel Organisation, ERFO
European Federation of Waste Management and Envir onmental Services, FEAD
European Cement Association, CEMBUREAU
ISO/TC 238 Solid biofuels

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A simple and concise statement identifying and describing relevant affected stakeholder
categories (including small and medium sized enterprises) and how they will each benefit
from or be impacted by the proposed deliverable(s).
Interested parties in the standardization process are waste management companies (especiallythose who process waste into fuel), producers of heat and/or power, cement and lime
manufacturers, manufacturers of equipment used in the valorisation chain, trade associations,authorities and non-governmental organizations (NGO).
All affected stakeholders – like manufacturers and users of Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF),
manufacturers of equipment, testing houses, regulators, authorities and NGOs – will benefit fromstandardized terminology. Manufacturers and users of SRF benefit especially from the possibility tospecify and to measure the quality of the fuel in a standardized way. For SRF producers – often
SME waste management companies – the increased use of SRF offers a good opportunity todevelop a viable business. Equipment manufacturers are often global actors and global standards
naturally benefit them. For users of SRF it is often a cost saving fuel alternative, and therefore they
have a vested interest to increase possibilities of its use, e.g through standardization. For
regulators and authorities standardization gives a possibility to find ways to def ine Best AvailableTechniques (BAT) and, for example, to measure the renewable part of the SRF in a commonlyaccepted way.

An expression of commitment from the proposer to provide the committee secretariat if theproposal succeeds.
Finnish Standards Association SFS is willing to undertake the secretariat duties of the proposedcommittee, should the proposal be accepted. SFS is also willing to nominate as the Chairman Mr
Mikko Talola (Lassila & Tikanoja plc), Chairman of the Finnish Mirror Committee for Solid
Recovered Fuels and CEN/TC 343 Solid Recovered Fuels.

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Purpose and justification for the proposal. (The purpose and justification for the creation ofa new technical committee shall be made clear and the need for standardization in thisfieldshall be justified. Clause C.4.13.3 of Annex C of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 contains amenu of suggestions or ideas for possible documentation to support and purpose andjustification of proposals. Proposers should consider these suggestions, but they are notlimited to them, nor are they required to comply strictly with them. What is most important isthat proposers develop and provide purpose and justification information that is mostrelevant to their proposals and that makes a substantial business case for the market
relevance and the need for their proposals. Thorough, well-developed and robust purpose
and justification documentation will lead to more informed consideration of proposals andultimately their possible success in the ISO IEC system.)
Waste management is a global activity and one of the key elements in the protection of theenvironment. It also has an important role in the fight against climate change. Energy recovery
from waste is practised all over the world in various forms. Solid recovered fuel is prepared from
non-hazardous waste, main categories of raw material being municipal solid waste (MSW),
commercial and industrial waste (CIW) and construction and demolition waste (CDW).
Processing burnable parts of waste into fuel – to be subsequently utilized in power plants orindustrial processes – is also taking place on all continents. The fuel is often called by different
names like Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF), Waste Derived Fuel (WDF) or Solid Recovered Fuel(SRF). The term SRF is used especially in Europe when it refers to fuels fulfilling therequirements of European standards. The use of different terms suggests that there is a need forinternational standardization in this area.
Standardization of solid recovered fuels is seen as a key means to increase the safe and efficientuse of solid recovered fuels and for their acceptability in the fuel market. Classified solid recovered
fuels can be used as a substitute to fossil fuels in many sectors, such as for the production of heat
and/or power, and in different industrial furnaces. Different technologies for solid fuel combustion,e.g. grate firing, fluidized bed firing, pulverized fuel firing and gasification can be used.
Preparation and use of solid recovered fuels help to reduce the amount of non-recyclable wastethat is landfilled today. Solid recovered fuels can substitute solid fossil fuels and thus lower theoverall emissions of CO 2. Being an indigenous alternative fuel, the use of solid recovered fuelhelps to reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports. Uniform procedures based on InternationalStandards will contribute to secure supplies and achieve high environmental and socio -economicgoals.
One of the major problems for the creation of a dynamic and sustainable market is th at the qualityof traded recovered fuel may vary among the various producers. Users are often reluctant to buy
fuels whose quality and compositions are not well known. The development of standards for thesampling and testing of solid recovered fuels, as well as for fuel quality assurance, will help todevelop the market. A reliable quality management system for the production of solid recovered
fuels is therefore a prerequisite for increasing the market and particularly for the use of new typesof solid recovered fuel.
The interaction between fuel characteristics and conversion technology is still one of the mostimportant factors for the successful commercialisation of solid recovered fuels. While suppliers ofsolid recovered fuels develop their ability to specify their products more accurately , themanufacturers of conversion technology will become more willing to guarantee the performance of
their equipment.
International Standards are of great importance especially for globally operating manufacturers of
SRF production and of waste-to-energy technology. Also many manufacturers such as users ofSRF, especially in cement manufacturing industry, are global actors benefiting from universal
practices and standards. The concept of SRF production and its use are well-known on every
continent. Consequently, focus on international research and development would also benefit
standardized terms and practices.
Trans-border shipments of SRF/RDF have recently increased rapidly in Europe. Although there are
no statistics about the international trade of SRF, there is good reason to believe that it isremarkable and increasing as well. Global trade and shipments of SRF would undoubtedly benefit
from ISO standards.

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Standards are also a tool for regulators and authorities when defining policies to prevent climatechange e.g. according to the Kyoto Protocol. In climate change prevention it’s essential to increase
renewable energy sources; standards give an opportunity to measure the biodegradable/biogenic
part of solid recovered fuel in a universal way. In Europe, SRF standards are used when defining
Best Available Techniques for waste treatment according to Industrial Emissions Directive(2010/75/EU). Standards are also of importance for permitting authorities of SRF production and ofutilization plants.
While producers and users can be situated in different countries, ISO standards make it possible toenhance global trade and to reduce the use of coal in power plants. The utilization of wastematerial such as SRF in accordance with ISO standards would also contribute to the achievementof the targets of the Circular Economy when other types of recycling or reuse is not possible.

Signature of the proposer
Susanna Vahtila
Finnish Standards Association SFS
susanna.vahtila@sfs.fi

Mikko TalolaLassila & Tikanoja plc
mikkotalola@gmail.com

Further information to assist with understanding the requirements for the items above can be foundin the Directives, Part 1, Annex C.

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