BS EN 13920-15:2003

This standard BS EN 13920-15:2003 Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Scrap is classified in these ICS categories:

• 13.030.50 Recycling
• 77.120.10 Aluminium and aluminium alloys

This European Standard specifies characteristics, chemical composition and metal yield of decoated aluminium scrap obtained by decoating mixed used aluminium packagings through various processes, e.g. pyrolysis, mechanical delamination, chemical delamination or a combination of these. It also applies to aluminium scrap separated from the bottom ashes of incinerators. EXAMPLE A mix of used aluminium packaging scrap of different alloys which were decoated to be used for melting or other forms of metal recycling.