subject: Second-hand Television Is Limited To Second-hand Electrical Appliances On Boats Out At Sea Caused By [print this page] Traditional CRT television sets used in Japan are facing restrictions on exports to Hong Kong, China. Yesterday
(August 6, 2007) It is said that a large number of Hong Kong SAR Government's second-hand imported from Japan the traditional CRT television sets and computer monitors in the lead of the hazardous substances identified, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment and the Economy, Trade and Industry has urged the relevant industries and organizations, Hong Kong SAR Government is likely to restrict imports of similar goods.
Learned that the Japanese Ministry of the Environment and the Economy, Trade and Industry has issued a written notice. These exports to Hong Kong's second-hand TV and computer monitor factory in 5 years time, this is Hong Kong's goods exports to Japan this year, rejected the case back to one.
Forerunner of e-waste "After all the waste home appliances, computer equipment and printers, copiers, mobile phones and all kinds of batteries, electronic waste is not defined according to useful life, as long as people discarded electronic products can be referred to as e-waste." Yesterday, Liu Lican Greenpeace told reporters.
Liuli Can said: "If the improper disposal of used electrical appliances will become e-waste, electronic waste contains lead, the material will be on the land and the people there are very big threat."
It is reported to contain the international Convention on transboundary movement of hazardous waste as "Basel Convention", many countries have acceded to the Convention to prevent e-waste from developed countries into developing country, China on the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department of Hong Kong Convention the competent authorities.
"But because Hong Kong is a free port, many countries regard it as a transit point, temporary to stop second-hand electrical and electronic waste Hong Kong, China, turned to second-hand electrical transport and second-hand electronic waste to other parts of the world, the Mainland is a second-hand electrical and electronic waste in the main input area. "
Liu Lican that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's approach helps to reduce e-waste flow to the less developed regions, but this is not clear Hong Kong SAR Government's measures are temporary or permanent, so inconvenient for further comment.
Led to the Japanese second-hand electrical backlog
Industry, said the factory less than five years less the number of CRT TV, Hong Kong SAR Government will strengthen the restrictions on exports of Japanese second-hand electrical difficulties. If other governments have taken similar measures, will result in a large backlog of Japan's second-hand electrical appliances affected Japan recycling and waste treatment processes.
Fast upgrading of the Japanese home appliances, when the new product into the family, the old models were thrown out then. Hong Kong, China is Japan's largest market for second-hand electrical appliances, TV sets annually imports only used on more than one million units.
In fact, last year, in order to ensure product safety, particularly in order to prevent electrical short circuit caused by the old fire, the Japanese government had planned to enact a provision that if the second-hand electrical appliances did not pass new safety tests, would prohibit the sale of 450 second-hand electrical appliances class , including TV, refrigerator, radio, stereo, amplifiers, and vintage synthesizer.
According to the measure proposed by the Government, second-hand goods only after the adoption of new security, thrift stores can be sold. Thrift store or buy their own testing equipment, or to the detection point, and as a limited supply of instrumentation, the former approach may be costly, according to the second approach, this test is only 20 points in Japan.
But the proposal generated second-hand goods sellers and buyers of angry responses, their view, this approach too serious bureaucratic, costly and difficult to implement. Subsequently the Government of Japan announced the withdrawal of the proposed ban on sales to make the old appliances.
by: gaga
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