In recent years, professional home appliance recycling agencies have increased. However, because many consumers do not understand recycling channels, they choose to sell used home appliances to small traders who do not have professional processing capabilities. Industry insiders say that the current home appliance recycling system has made great progress. However, public awareness has not kept pace, and the convenience of recycling operations is not enough. There are still a large number of waste household electrical appliances that cannot enter the formal recycling channels. This requires that the 'last mile' work to be recycled should be in place.
With the improvement of living standards, the speed of replacement of household appliances is also accelerating. Discarded household appliances have been thrown away and are distressing. They don't throw and take up space, and waste disposal can't sell much money. This kind of situation does make People are in a difficult situation. At the end of last year, data from the National Development and Reform Commission indicated that China is at the peak of the retirement of household appliances. The theoretically scrapped household electricity amount reaches 100 to 120 million units per year, and it continues to be at an average annual rate of 20%. increase.
According to regulations, discarded electric and electronic products should be handled by specialized recycling companies, but the current situation is that, on the one hand, there is a huge increase in discarded electronic products; on the other hand, formal recycling companies do not receive waste household appliances. According to the data of the Institute of Electrical Engineering, in 2017, China's 109 processing enterprises disposed of waste electrical and electronic products. In 2017 alone, there may be at least 20 million units of scrapped household appliances that have not been disposed of by regular enterprises.
In fact, old home appliances contain many renewable resources such as plastics, rubber, and glass, and other used electronic products contain precious metals such as gold, silver, and copper. Their disposal is not standardized and unscientific, and it is not only easy to waste resources. It is more likely to have a certain impact on the environment. Moreover, China has a “Administrative Measures on the Licensing of Waste Electrical and Electronic Products Processing Qualifications”, which strictly stipulates the qualifications of enterprises. However, the reality is that there are no relevant qualified recycling points around the people.
To solve the problem of recycling of used home appliances, one needs policy support. For example, according to reports, in the current state of operation of the normal waste electrical and electronic product processing companies, it is difficult to solve the difficulties in the recovery of recycling vehicles and personnel. Solving these problems depends on the responsibility of the company alone is not enough. This also requires the country to improve the incentive policies through green finance, green procurement, tax incentives, honors and incentives to solve the business worries.
Second, the public’s safety and environmental awareness also needs to be strengthened. For example, relevant departments should strengthen the dissemination of relevant knowledge, educate and guide the public to learn and master methods of scientifically processing used household appliances, and standardize and order the disposal of used household appliances. Especially for individuals. In terms of environmental protection, everyone should be aware of the responsibility of environmental protection. When dealing with used household appliances, it is necessary to avoid the habit of being thrown away. It is also necessary to prevent them from breaking into unscrupulous recyclers, thus causing environmental risks.
In short, the replacement of electrical and electronic products has a safe and environmentally friendly place. It is also a matter of environmental safety. Therefore, it needs the attention of the whole society. It is reported that many recycling agencies, e-commerce companies, second-hand trading platforms, etc. In an effort to match with the guerrilla traders and facilitate the opening of the 'last mile', moreover, more and more professional and compliant recycling companies have emerged, including some 'Internet + recycling' companies. We hope that the recycling of used home appliances will be resolved as soon as possible. Perfect solution.