EFFECT OF WASTE HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES TRADE-IN PROGRAM IN CHINA

摘要

The increasing waste electrical and electronic equipmentrn(WEEE) has become a global problem. In China, therninadequate WEEE take-back and recycling system hasrnblocked the development of WEEE recycling industry. Inrnorder to find a better way to regulate the system, therncenter government has conducted the Waste HouseholdrnAppliances Trade-in Program since June 2009, which willrnlast until the end of 2011. The aims of this paper are tornanalyze the effects of this trade-in program and find outrnhow to improve the take-back and recycling system.rnAccording to the results of relevant investigation, 40rnmillion new household appliances were sold,rncorrespondingly 41.16 million old ones were replaced,rnand 23.64 million waste electrical appliances wererndisassembled by authorized recycling factories by the endrnof February, 2011. For consumers and those qualifiedrntake-back companies, they will receive subsidiesrnaccording to the type of household appliances. Generally,rnthe transport subsidy varies from 20 to 50 RMB while thernconsumers’ subsidy 250 to 400 RMB. Promoted by thernpilot program, the recycling factories get enough WEEE,rnso their equipments can begin to work in full load, evenrnover load. However, new problems, such as unreasonablerndistribution of financial subsidy, complex tax-reductionrnpolicy, have been arising during the application of thernprogram. To effectively solve these problems, thernmeasures including perfecting the tax and subsidy policies,rnbuilding the fund for recycling and disposal WEEErnshould be adopted.