本标准规定了安全、环保地收集、储存、运输和处理报废电气和电子设备的原则和最低要求，以最大限度地实现再利用和材料回收，减少或消除该设备进入填埋场等最终处置点的废物量，保障工人健康，尽量减少对环境的危害。本标准涵盖附录A中概述的电气和电子设备，其设计用于交流电源电压不超过1000伏，直流电源电压不超过1500伏。

This Standard sets out principles and minimum requirements for the safe and environmentally sound collection, storage, transport and treatment of end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment in order to maximize re-use and material recovery, reduce or eliminate the amount of waste from this equipment going to final point of disposal operations such as landfill, safeguard worker health, and minimize harm to the environment. This Standard covers electrical and electronic equipment, as outlined in Appendix A, designed for a supply voltage not exceeding 1000 volts for alternating current and 1500 volts for direct current.