Everyone must have had the experience of disposing of old home appliances in life, when we hand over the unused home appliances to the waste recycling station, both new and old can be exchanged for some pocket money. But you know what? In foreign countries, not only can you not make money by disposing of waste homes, but on the contrary, you have to "pay money" if you want to lose them!
At present, the mainstream foreign electronic waste disposal method is the "extended responsibility system for producers", which is simply "who produces, who recycles". Today, Xiaobian will reveal for you how to deal with foreign waste home appliances
Japan: There is a fee to throw home appliances
A long time ago, Japan's home appliance recycling is directly discarded, in the home appliance recycling industry did not become a climate at that time, this way of discarding caused serious environmental pollution and land occupation, so Japan introduced the relevant laws, from April 2001 home appliance manufacturers began to recycle according to law. However, when recycling home appliances, transportation and manual dismantling costs are required, and according to the principle that the user of the home appliance is an environmental polluter, this part of the cost is naturally borne by the consumer.
For example, for a TV set of more than 16 inches, the processing fee is about 3,000 yen (180 yuan rmb), and the transportation cost of the worker to pick up the home appliances and then transport them to the treatment plant is about 3,000-20,000 yen (according to the minimum calculation of 180 yuan).
Taken together, it means that it costs 360 yuan to process a TV set in Japan, and it is estimated that it should be about 100-200 yuan in the mainland.
South Korea: "Waste deposit" must be paid before leaving the factory
In South Korea, consumers make appointments through government-established call centers and websites, and ask professionals from recycling companies to pick them up at their doorstep.
South Korea has established a home appliance scrap deposit system, that is, manufacturers have to pay a certain percentage of the fund when manufacturing products. If they succeed in recycling the product in the future, the government will return the money. At the same time, the product structure has been simplified, such as 20 parts for the vacuum cleaner, and only 7 parts are needed after the simplification, which simplifies the recycling procedure.
Australia: Bulk Recycling Day
In Australia, if you want to discard large pieces of garbage such as refrigerators and washing machines, you have to follow the unified arrangement of the city council, and different districts, the city council will arrange different large waste disposal days. And often, these discarded home appliances are often still available, and the original owners will carefully "protect" them in order to help them find a "new home".
Some passing neighbors often move away directly when they see what they like, of course, this is not allowed, but the original owner will not object, after all, what they do not need may continue to play their value for others.
For China's home appliance consumers, with the continuous listing of various new technology environmental protection products, the home appliance industry has entered the stock replacement market. According to statistics, in 2020, the theoretical scrapping volume of major appliances such as washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, televisions and other major appliances is about 166 million units, and half of the processing capacity has not been reached.
The vast majority of waste home appliances are discarded at will, if the lead, mercury, cadmium and other toxic and harmful substances contained in home appliances are not treated and mixed into water quality or soil, it will bring great threats to the environment and human health.
Waste home appliances are not garbage, but the excess after you replace the new appliances, which itself contains a large number of ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, plastics, glass and rare precious metals and other resources, if effectively recycled, will achieve resource reuse.