Japan's annual recovery of small household appliances is 140,000 tons

It is understood that from April 1st next year, Japan will implement the Small Appliances Recycling Act, which provides for the recycling of mobile phones and other products containing precious metals and rare metals.

Small household appliances such as mobile phones and computers contain a lot of iron, aluminum, precious metals and rare metals. Because the existing laws cannot legally recycle them, many people choose to discard them. This pollutes the environment on the one hand and creates a source of resources on the other. Big waste. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan has established the Small Appliance Recycling Act based on the status quo. It is feasible to recycle small household appliances. The act stipulates that as long as the recycler has the ability to recycle small household appliances for recycling, he can recycle the small household appliances, which breaks the previous requirement that only the local government can obtain the permit.

On the other hand, on the 13th of this month, the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan held a meeting to establish a basic policy for recycling small household appliances before the implementation of the Small Appliances Recycling Act. Many experts and scholars participated in the meeting, and basic guidelines stipulated that the small household appliances should be recycled. It is locked into 30 products such as mobile phones, digital cameras and computers. By 2015, the annual recycling target will be set at 140,000 tons, which is equivalent to 20% of all small household electrical appliances produced last year. The Ministry of the Environment stated that if this recycling amount can be realized, it will balance the revenue collection.

In addition, the basic policy for recycling of small household appliances points out that in order to prevent the leakage of information, mobile phones and computer products will be recovered in the form of safe deposit boxes. This basic policy has been approved by most people and is expected to be implemented this year.