At present, the recycling system of household electrical appliances in the U.S.A. is not perfect enough, mainly due to the backward awareness of foam recycling, the lack of recycling system, and technology. In order to solve this problem, the government or individual needs to start from the policies of all regions, establish a system of foam recycling and solve the problem of resource utilization efficiency systematically.

 

Causes for pollution of household appliance foam packaging:
1. Economic factors
The low cost and high performance of foam enable household appliance manufacturers to use this material extensively, and the more they use it, the more the material will be discarded. Plus, bulk materials are not valuable, and the transportation cost is unbearable for household appliance enterprises, few people are willing to recycle them.

2. Consumer factors
Customers do not receive household appliances every day, so they do not have a large amount of these packaging materials. For them, the best way to dispose of a small amount of packaging material once in a while is to discard it. The recycling center is far away, and it is not worth their running for the foam recycling.

3. Management factors
At the moment, the government departments in most areas have not yet established a sound regulatory system, and they cannot be sure who should be responsible for the scattered foam. Therefore, if we want to avoid being contaminated by foam, it is necessary to establish a foam recycling system for household appliances' foam packaging.

 

How to establish a household appliance foam packaging recycling system?
1. Clear responsibility
The waste foam of household electrical appliances should be charged by the manufacturers, and the foam scattered in the streets should be held by the community.

2. Establish foam recycling system
When logistics providers send home appliances to their customers' homes, they should ask the customers if they need these foam materials. If they do not need them, they will be recovered by the logistics personnel and brought back to the foam disposal point. If the guests need, the whereabouts of these materials will be the responsibility of the community.

3. Rational layout of foam recycling point
A foam recycling point should be set up in the center of each area, and then a foam recycling machine should be decided according to the capacity of the recovery point, which could turn the loose material into a compacted form at a ratio of 1:90.

 

Foam recycling needs not only government support but also everyone's efforts!