subject: Appliance Recycling Waste: Fresh "cheese" To Be Tasted [print this page] 1, status: a lot of market potential recovery problems
From the early 80s of last century, beginning with black and white urban public television,
Washing machine
, Refrigerators and other home
Electricity
Device, since the early 90s of last century, a large number of appliances into the homes of ordinary people. According to the normal life of appliances 10-15 years, there was a lot of home appliances has come out of the period. Moreover, with the improvement of living standards, appliance replacement cycle is shorter and shorter. In recent years,
Estate
Active market, more and more people Xiqianxinju, household appliances also ushered in the "replacement" of the peak, but how to deal with these appliances have become a waste problem, many people suffered Jiujia Dian "with the smell gesture "embarrassment.
Statistics show that China has ushered in TV,
Computer
,
Mobile
Discarded electronic products such as the new peak, at present, China's TV community to maintain approximately 400 million units, washing machines, 170 million units,
Refrigerator
130 million units, the computer 16 million units. Since 2003 China has entered the appliance retirement peak, China's "e-waste in the Peak" has arrived.
My family every year, hoarding and idle for more than 20 million units of the old TV, computer, refrigerator appliances. These e-waste in China at present, there are two broad ways: First, hoarding at home or work unit, or sell "appliance recycling guerrillas," the flow of
Countryside
Market. This approach has serious safety problems, the old electrical high power consumption, high electromagnetic radiation, pollution, family environment; some of the old TV screen, CRT excessive mercury, easily deflagration accident occurred. Second, re-sold by small traders "underground black factory", a hammer, an open-air
Sulfuric acid
Pool dare to dismantle the old appliances. These black plant dismantling of the recyclable precious metals, the waste from the disposal burning, leading to soil, air and groundwater polluted. Toxic substances on the environment and human
Health
Great harm.
E-waste is mainly metal,
Glass
And plastic form, with useful resources, but also contain substances harmful to the environment. For example, refrigerators, washing machines,
Air conditioning
Devices contain a high purity iron,
Copper
,
Aluminum
About half the weight of television cathode ray tube glass also has good recycling value. Treatment before landfill and incineration are mainly carried out, which not only pollutes the environment and wasting resources. In addition, some available Jiujia Dian
Parts
Was used to other appliances, because there is no uniform safety standards, the quality of those parts can not be guaranteed, it is vulnerable to security risks such as old picture tube explosion.
Because of the current recycling of waste home appliances are mostly people from the street to the "recovery of the guerrillas" to complete their dismantling of used appliances irregular, which contributes to environmental pollution and second-hand parts appliance market turmoil important reasons.
II experience: mature domestic market burgeoning foreign markets
On the treatment of waste household appliances, from the last century, some developed countries since the early 90's specialized research and has published a
Laws and regulations
.
Early as 1986, the Federal Republic of Germany in regard to the implementation of "waste and disposal methods to avoid" the report said, after the producers of goods handling and disposal of waste partly responsible. After the German "
Cycle
Economic Law "in the formal requirements, principles of waste home appliances by the producer and consumer responsibility.
1988, the Dutch Ministry of the Environment on waste prevention and recycling memo that the policy should point to the product designers, product design, and producers should be aware of their products in the waste disposal on the environment, and This bear some responsibility.
Swedish law treatment costs borne by the manufacturer and the Government, while the French also stressed the whole society responsible to require 4 kg per person per year to recycle electronic waste. Since 2000, the United States has more than 20 states trying to establish their own dedicated e-waste management act.
In developed countries, has established a sound "producer /
Dealers
Extended responsibility "system. Appliance manufacturers, distributors obliged to take e-waste recycling" extended responsibility ", and processing costs, consumers must bear the corresponding legal responsibility. Such as the waste electrical appliances to his own pocket to the designated sound disposal site. simply be thrown away electrical appliances will face fines and even jail ... ...
With
Energy
And environmental protection has drawn increasing attention, how to recycle electronic waste has become a reasonably serious problem. At present, some have a high technology company recycling waste household appliances, as the mushrooming, broad prospects for recovery of waste household appliances to the relevant equipment manufacturers and free
Capital
Investment
Provide a wide range of market opportunities. However, policy and market factors, there is no large-scale operation.
3, expect: a government policy for dealing with the system
General, China's current recycling of electronic waste is almost completely out of control and disorder.
