Some observations on recycling of electrical home appliances activities in Taiwan

Author

Chen, Jahau Lewis

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

935

Lastpage

938

Abstract

Since March of 1998, the Taiwanese government has run its own national compulsory take-back and recycling system for electrical home appliances, such as TV sets, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners and computers. This take-back and recycling system in Taiwan was a great success. However, there is some weakness which needs to be addressed from the point of view of product eco-design tasks of electrical home appliances. This paper describes the current situation of Taiwan´s take-back and recycling system for electrical home appliances. Problems in recycling and disassembly of electrical home appliances in Taiwan are discussed. Several proposed ideas to overcome these difficulties and enhance the product eco-design tasks of electrical home appliances are presented

Keywords

domestic appliances; environmental factors; recycling; TV sets; Taiwan; air conditioners; computers; disassembly; electrical home appliances; product eco-design tasks; recycling; refrigerators; washing machines; Government; Home appliances; Home computing; Inspection; Mechanical engineering; Protection; Recycling; Refrigerators; TV; Washing machines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1266-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/.2001.992496

Filename

992496