Waste electrical appliances lack of formal recycling channels

Recycling of old home appliances has sparked a heated debate on the Internet. There is an old color TV set in the home, the old company estimate is only 80 yuan, once spent thousands of yuan to buy the TV now recycling price is not as good as scrap iron. The netizen felt it was not worth the money, so he dismantled the machine himself and evaluated the parts one by one. The actual profit was 340 yuan, which was more than four times the price offered by the old company. Netizens have also expressed that the current waste electrical appliances recycling source is almost monopolized by individual businesses, some electrical appliances maintenance site also "part-time" electrical appliances recycling, but the price is the same low.
Survey: 80 percent of Internet users have idle waste appliances
According to the survey on the consumer market of waste household appliances, nearly 80 percent of the netizens have used TV sets, used mobile phones, used refrigerators and other electrical products in their homes. Among them, 43% of Internet users sell waste electrical appliances to hawkers who collect them, 31% leave them idle at home, 18% just throw them away, and 8% choose to give them to their relatives and friends. Among them, among the 43% of the netizens who sell to recyclers, 63% choose mobile waste dealers to buy from door-to-door, 32% choose home appliance maintenance sites, and 5% choose to send them directly to waste collection stations. In the disposal price of waste electrical appliances, 24% of netizens said they received the quotation within 50 yuan to 100 yuan, 73% of netizens received the recycling quotation below 50 yuan, and only 3% of netizens received the recycling price above 100 yuan.
Market: community old home appliance supply is "monopolized" by individual merchants
At present, the mainstream of waste electrical and electronic products recycling is individual traders, second-hand distribution market and recycling station of renewable resources community. The amount of recycling is relatively large, and individual businesses control the main source of waste household appliances in residential areas. Data from the China renewable resources recycling association also shows that 90 percent of China's dismantling enterprises purchase waste from electronic products through individual businesses. Lack of formal recycling channels, many waste appliances directly into the second-hand market, was sold to consumers again at a low price. "Most of the old household appliances, such as TV sets, can still be used after being replaced with other parts. In the interview, a home appliance maintenance boss said that his main business is home appliances maintenance, home appliances recycling is only a "part-time", recycled old home appliances if they can continue to use or simple maintenance can be used again, most as second-hand sales.