With the social and economic development and the improvement of living standards of residents, household appliances have entered thousands of households, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, televisions and other household appliances replacement speed is also faster and faster, to replace the used home appliances how to deal with? How to find a “good home” for them?
At the beginning of 2020, China Household Electrical Appliances Association (CHEAA) issued a series of standards on the safe service life of household electrical appliances, stipulating that the safe service life of TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners and other products should not exceed 10 years.
| Life Expectancy of Everyday Appliances | ||
| Type of appliance | Safe service life | Ageing performance |
| Television sets | 8-10 years | Poor picture clarity and picture shake on TVs |
| Refrigerators | 10 years | Refrigerator runs too loudly; severe trembling; increased power consumption; refrigerant leakage |
| Washing machines | 8 years | Water and electricity leakage from washing machine; serious heating of the machine body |
| Air conditioner | 10 years | Air conditioner air vents are clogged or spewing out dust; moldy smell and black water after turning on the air conditioner |
| Computer | 6 years | Display aging; color distortion; machine jamming |
| Microwaves | 10 years | Microwave oven takes a long time to heat up and the effect is poor; the power consumption increases; the door can not be closed |
For every old washing machine recycled and dismantled, 16.9kg of plastic and 0.1kg of aluminum can be obtained, and 25.95kg of CO2 emissions can be reduced.
For every old refrigerator recycled and dismantled, 9kg of plastic, 0.6kg of aluminum, 38.6kg of iron, and 1.4kg of copper can be obtained, and CO2 emissions can be reduced by 22.78kg.
For every old air conditioner recycled and dismantled, 14.6kg of plastic, 4kg of aluminum, 19.5kg of iron, and 4.9kg of copper are obtained, and CO2 emissions are reduced by 45.19kg.
For every old TV set recycled and dismantled, 3.5kg of plastic, 0.1kg of aluminum, 1.4kg of iron, and 0.6kg of copper can be obtained, and CO2 emissions can be reduced by 7.21kg.
For every old computer recycled and dismantled, 1.8kg of plastic, 0.86kg of copper, 0.27kg of iron, 0.06kg of silver, and 0.2g of gold can be obtained, reducing CO2 emissions by 17.73kg.
For home appliances that are still within their safe service life and can be used normally, they can be sold to the second-hand market after professional quality inspection, repair and refurbishment.
Recently, the Ministry of Commerce and other nine departments jointly issued a “notice on the sound recycling system of waste household appliances, furniture and other renewable resources,” which proposed to rationalize the planning of the recycling network, give full play to the production of home appliances, circulation, recycling and other enterprises in their respective role as a channel, the development of the “Internet + Recycling”, and to promote standardized treatment of waste and second-hand commodity circulation, etc., to improve the recycling of waste household appliances, furniture and other renewable resources. To improve the recycling system of used home appliances, furniture and other renewable resources, to improve the convenience of home appliances and furniture trade-in, and to help the development of recycling of renewable resources.
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