Recycling of Discarded Electronic Appliances Providing Inputs for the Steel Industry

Summary

Used home electronics appliances (refrigerators, washing machines, air-conditioners, TV sets) discharged from the City are recycled as iron making material after the processes of recovery of coolant chlorofluorocarbon, crushing, and sorting. This project started in 2001, as part of the Home Appliances Recycling Law, and can process 400,000 to 500,000 units/year.

Industry

Industry Sector	Specific Industry
Mining & minerals sector	Steel manufacturing

Region

Kawasaki, Japan.

Applied Technologies

• Not known

Triple Bottom Line Aspects (direct at operational level)

Economic	Potential material savings Waste disposal savings
Environment	Reuse of materials and less raw material use Landfill diversion
Social	Potential employment

Additional Comments

None.

References

• ICETT (n.d.) International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer website, Zero Emissions, Eco-Town Project, City of Kawasaki, Available at: http://www.icett.or.jp/techinfo.nsf/0/13bcc50dece92c3a49256b8b000c312a?OpenDocument

Last Update

18 January 2007