A CRMA handling term for making targeted components or materials identifiable as a separate output stream or part of one.
Removal is the CRMA handling step that separates or identifies targeted components or materials as their own output stream or part of one. It can support permanent-magnet recovery, but it is not ordinary disposal, not generic recycling by itself, and not proof that material has been recovered to a usable specification.
This page is anchored in CRMA Article 2, point 57. It should be read as a component/material handling concept in CRMA recovery workflows, especially around permanent magnets and magnet-containing products.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
manual, mechanical, chemical, thermal or metallurgic handling with the result that the targeted components or materials are identifiable as a separate output stream or part of an output stream
CRMA Article 2 source-specific definition layer.
Reference: Article 2, point 57
Use removal when a record needs to show that targeted components or materials have been separated enough to be identifiable in an output stream. Keep it distinct from collection, treatment, recycling, final recovery, and recycled-content evidence.
Removal sits between product/component identification and recovery outcomes. Minespider treats it as a process-evidence step: useful for showing that a component or material has been separated, but not enough on its own to prove recycling quality, origin, or compliance.