Trade-in is setting off a boom in household appliances consumption, and many measures are taken to help old household appliances ＂turn waste into treasure＂

　　CCTV News:Recently, since the issuance of the Action Plan for Promoting Large-scale Equipment Renewal and Trade-in of Consumer Goods, in order to benefit consumers more, local government departments, e-commerce platforms and brand enterprises are launching various trade-in subsidies and preferential activities. Let’s look at the report.

　　The old air conditioner in Shanghai citizen Li Yangjun’s home has been with him for many years, but now the cooling and heating functions are not as good as before. On the same day, the home appliance installer will provide on-site service after placing an order in the shopping mall through the preferential policy of trade-in for new ones. The old air conditioner was dismantled and taken away, and the new air conditioner was installed and debugged.

　　Li Yangjun, a Shanghai consumer, said: "The subsidy for dismantling old machines is 280 yuan. In addition, there is a part of subsidy for buying new machines. Together with the preferential activities of shopping malls, the original price of this air conditioner is more than 5,800 yuan, and the actual payment is only more than 3,500 yuan. Security is guaranteed and it is very convenient. "

　　Wang Lidong, a home appliance replacement worker in Shanghai, said: "Now, on average, we need more than a dozen orders a day. There are more such large household appliances as washing machines, air conditioners and televisions, including demolition, which is much more than the previous two months."

　　During this period, electrical shopping malls all over the country are cooperating with air conditioners, televisions, refrigerators and other manufacturers to carry out joint promotion activities for home appliances, which are deeply loved by consumers.

　　According to statistics, in the first quarter, the order volume of smart home appliances trade-in increased significantly compared with the same period, especially since March, trade-in is setting off a boom in home appliance consumption. During the Spring Home Decoration Festival, the sales of smart air conditioners increased by over 150% year-on-year, and the central air conditioners increased by over 190%.

　　The old household appliances that have been taken away have a place to go.

　　With the issuance of the trade-in action plan for consumer goods, various ways of trade-in activities have been carried out in various places, and the old household appliances that have been taken away have been classified and stored, and copper, aluminum, plastics and rare metals will re-enter the household appliance manufacturing process.

　　China produces a large number of electrical and electronic products every year. Statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics show that the output in 2022 is 195.78 million color TV sets, 86.64 million refrigerators, 91.06 million washing machines, 222.47 million air conditioners, 434.18 million microcomputers and 39.7 million range hoods. The amount of electrical and electronic products is large, and the centralized entry into the elimination period has caused a sharp increase in the amount of electronic waste. It is estimated that more than 200 million household appliances will be scrapped in 2023.

　　The collected old household appliances will finally be transported to the environmental protection dismantling company designated by the state for dismantling and sorting treatment, and the dismantled parts will be transported to the next link by the dismantling factory, and after the next deep processing, they will be reused as raw materials.

　　Yao Kai, president of a logistics operation center of an e-commerce platform, said: "We have a traceability mechanism for old machines, which strengthens the flow management of old machines, ensures that the flow of each old machine is well documented, and promotes environmental protection and safety."

　　In Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, through the "Jiajiashou" WeChat applet, citizens fill in the relevant information, and staff will come to collect old household appliances and pay the citizens a certain depreciation fee.

　　Li Lin, deputy manager of the operation management department of a waste commodity recycling company in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, said: "In 2023, we recycled more than 10,000 waste household appliances. This year, with the launch of the new round of trade-in policy, it is expected that the business volume will increase by 20%."

　　This is an old household appliance sorting center in Yuhang District, Hangzhou. The staff are sorting and storing the recycled waste household appliances such as refrigerators, computers and air conditioners, waiting to be sent downstream for dismantling. After dismantling, more than 200 categories of disassembled products will be classified and stored, and copper, aluminum, plastics and rare metals will re-enter the manufacturing process of household appliances.

　　Tang Feng, the brand director of a waste management company in Zhejiang, said: "The whole process is digitally supervised, and at the same time, a large number of renewable resources are provided for terminal enterprises, so that they can turn waste into treasure."

　　China has set up the "Waste Electrical and Electronic Products Disposal Fund" to subsidize the recycling and disposal of waste electrical and electronic products. According to the Administrative Measures for the Collection and Use of Waste Electrical and Electronic Products Disposal Funds, from 2012 to 2022, China has issued a total subsidy of nearly 26.8 billion yuan, with remarkable pollution prevention and control effects, a substantial increase in standardized recycling capacity, and a steady increase in the output rate of resources such as copper, aluminum, iron and plastics.