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MCE/3/16 - Recycling machines

Sector: Governance & Resilience

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment. | Forging equipment. Presses. Shears | Special purpose vehicles

Overview: Under the direction of MCE/3 is responsible for the UK input into the work of CEN/TC397 Baling presses - Safety requirements

Committee standards activity

In Progress (1)
Reference Standards description
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The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
Revision of BS EN 16486:2014+A1:2020: Machines for compacting waste materials or recyclable fractions. Compactors. Safety requirements

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2026-02-03 		Proposal
Published (3)
Reference Standards description
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The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS EN 16500:2014 Machines for compacting waste materials or recyclable fractions. Vertical baling presses. Safety requirements

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment. | Forging equipment. Presses. Shears

Published standard begins : 2014-08-08 		Published standard
BS EN 16486:2014+A1:2020 Machines for compacting waste materials or recyclable fractions. Compactors. Safety requirements

Categories: Special purpose vehicles

Published standard begins : 2020-08-25 		Published standard
BS EN 16252:2012 Machines for compacting waste materials or recyclable fractions. Horizontal baling presses. Safety requirements

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment. | Forging equipment. Presses. Shears

Published standard begins : 2013-01-10 		Published standard
Withdrawn (1)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS EN 16486:2014 Machines for compacting waste materials or recyclable fractions. Compactors. Safety requirements

Categories: Special purpose vehicles

Withdrawn begins : 2020-08-25 		Withdrawn