Electronic waste recycling must be transparent

The Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission and the Municipal Commission of Commerce and other departments have jointly initiated the “Energy Conservation Awareness Week”. At the launching ceremony, Beijing’s first online service platform for green recycling, green transactions, and environmental protection of e-waste has also been formally announced.

Different from other e-waste recycling services, the website named Banana Peel offers online orders. The entire process is based on online orders. It does not involve cash transactions. The "for things."

According to reports, the public only needs to log in to the website and fill in the relevant information. After that, there will be staff contact. Generally, they will come to collect the old home appliances within 24 hours. After checking the old appliances, the new products will be exchanged directly on site. At the same time, the user can also choose the donation method. After receiving the discarded household electrical appliances, the website will donate the corresponding cash to the user-designated public welfare project in the name of the user and provide the donation certificate.

In fact, as the first e-commerce platform with e-waste recycling as the starting point, the banana peel website not only provides consumers with a convenient and environmentally-friendly recycling channel for e-waste, but also provides their own parent company with a stable “ Source of supply."

The marketing director of Huaxin Luyuan Environmental Protection Industry Development Co., Ltd., who set up the website, told the reporter of Beijing Commercial Daily that his company is a national demonstration project for the recycling and disposal of used home appliances. After the recycling of used appliances, the company can promise recycling and environmental protection. . In other words, the disposal of e-waste utilizes the bank itself which is Huaxin Luyuan. The establishment of the banana peel website provides the company with a direct supply source for consumers. Since its launch, 315 scrap home appliances have been recovered.

Beijing Daily News reporter noted on the banana peel website that different types and specifications of used appliances correspond to different points, such as 21-inch non-flat-panel TVs corresponding to 550 points and 1 air-conditioning hooks corresponding to 2200 points. These points can be used to exchange brand-new products on the website, including humidifiers, rice cookers, stereos, kettles, headphones, hats, etc., and the required points range from 50 to 3800 points. However, there are few points that can be exchanged for some products. For example, a cell phone is about 55 minutes, and it is not enough to exchange a dust mask.

“This model is very worth encouraging. Other companies can also try to explore it. However, the cash or the points should also be set. There should be a more transparent and fair process for setting the exchange rate. The situation of seeking profits has arisen, and it is proposed to introduce clear industry norms in the exchange of goods and points, which will not only protect the legitimate interests of consumers, but also enable the company to achieve good development,” said Zhang Tianzhu, a professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Environment.