TY - GEN
T1 - Some observations on recycling of electrical home appliances activities in Taiwan
AU - Chen, J. L.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1109/ECODIM.2001.992496
DO - 10.1109/ECODIM.2001.992496
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84963642375
T3 - Proceedings - 2nd International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing
SP - 935
EP - 938
BT - Proceedings - 2nd International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2nd International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, EcoDesign 2001
Y2 - 11 December 2001 through 15 December 2001
ER -