Direct waste may cause environmental pollution; simple sale, low circulation value; random renovation, may damage the interests of consumers. Are used furniture really useless?
More than ten years ago, for most families, there was almost no problem with waste furniture. Nowadays, as people's lives are becoming more affluent, and the upgrading of products is accelerating, waste furniture has become "difficult to put up, throw away, and sell hard", which makes many people feel helpless.
Why is the waste furniture become "chicken ribs"?
Low added value, low bids from buyers, sellers feel loss, and enthusiasm is not high
How do consumers deal with used furniture today?
A few years ago, Ms. Chen, who lived in the suburbs of Chaoyang District in Beijing, moved her house once, and the waste furniture at home was difficult to deal with. "I can hardly see the small merchants that are specifically acquired. Even if there are those who want to buy old appliances and are willing to recycle the old furniture, I heard that it is only ten or eight dollars a piece. For the two dates, I have to sell it on my own. Who is doing it? "Ms. Chen said, these old furniture were dead and dead, they could not be moved, and they were not easy to sell. Later, they were simply thrown in the old house and let the new owner take over.
Mr. Liu, who lives in North Third Ring Middle Road in Beijing, is lucky. There are small vendors in the community who recycle waste newspapers, waste plastic and old furniture. "A few days ago, my 70% new 4 old bookcases only sold 80 yuan!" Mr. Liu said that these bookcases are made of solid wood, and it is not the "cabbage price" when dismantling and selling waste wood. A few years ago, I spent thousands of yuan on it.
In response to this, boss Zhang, who is also operating old furniture recycling in Xicheng District, Beijing, directly complained. "Old furniture is not valuable, can it be compared with high-value appliances such as old home appliances?" Boss Zhang said. For example, a large and bulky old wardrobe can be recovered at a price of 20 yuan, and then pulled to the secondary market in the suburbs. It can sell 25 yuan. It's good. Sometimes the estimate is too high, only 15 yuan can be sold, and I will lose money myself, and this does not count the freight!
Is the second-hand trading market in the downstream "sitting to earn and stealing"?
In a second-hand market for used furniture on the edge of the West Fourth Ring Road in Haidian District, Beijing, a reporter's investigation found that the market seemed very deserted and occasionally patronized. "This is a low-profit industry, in fact, it is enough to eat a meal." One stall owner introduced that many buyers are renters, the economic income is low, but the bargaining level is high, but the selling price of second-hand furniture is not Come. For example, if you collect a cabinet for 20 yuan, sell it for forty or fifty yuan, and spread it into the daily rent, you will generally earn more than ten yuan.
Where does waste furniture go?
"There are some plate processing plants in Hebei. We sell old furniture to them according to their weight. Although they are still profitable, they generally only earn no compensation, which is much more reliable than selling to the second-hand market." Boss Zhang said, these processing plants take out old furniture After the wood is crushed and processed into various boards, the selling price will be better.
What is the effect of the trade-in policy?
Both the buyer and the seller must benefit, which is beneficial to the resource environment and hopes to continue
From November 1st to December 1st, 2012, Beijing took the lead in the nationwide trial of a policy of replacing furniture with old ones. It stipulates that for cabinets, sofas, beds, tables and chairs (removable furniture only), if the buyer pays for the old and buys new ones, the government and the furniture sales enterprise will give subsidies according to 10% of the actual sales price of the new furniture. Respectively subsidize 5%. The maximum amount of subsidies for a single piece of furniture does not exceed 1,000 yuan.
Many consumers actively participated, and nearly 20,000 pieces of used furniture were recycled during this period. At that time, Guihai, a resident of Haidian District, just happened to move to a new home, and he could happen to participate in this activity. Gui Hai said that he had to buy 10 pieces of new furniture and only 5 pieces of old furniture. He had to go to relatives and friends to collect other 5 pieces of old furniture. I couldn't find the corresponding large items like the old wardrobe, so I found 5 solid wood chairs instead, and the business also subsidized it.
Some people say that such consumers do not follow the rules, but this shows that the trade-in policy has loopholes and imperfections; because the processing companies are not subsidized, the processing companies are not enthusiastic about participating; because there is no requirement for the treatment of recycled furniture, there are some The flow of qualified old furniture into the market also caused a certain negative impact.
From July 1 to December 31, 2013, Beijing implemented the second furniture trade-in policy and improved relevant regulations. For example, the old furniture required by the new regulations must be completely dismantled by renewable resource recycling and dismantling processing enterprises. The reusable dismantled objects will be handed over to legal recycling companies, and wastes with no use value will be collected and processed by the sanitation department; Hazardous waste is collected and handled by units with operating permits.
An industry source said that not allowing these waste furniture to enter the second-hand market, although some negative factors have been avoided, there is also a problem of waste of resources that cannot be ignored. For example, a piece of furniture that is 70% to 80% new is completely disassembled and broken, which is a pity. "To promote the Beijing experience to the whole country, we need to solve some details and further deal with the relationship between reuse and resource utilization."
"The trade-in policy is a good policy. Not only will consumers and businesses benefit, but the country has also achieved the effect of saving resources and protecting the environment." A sales person in charge of Beijing Huahe Home said that during the event, the entire industry was in a downturn There has also been a big improvement, with Huahe's sales alone increasing by 30%. "Although there are certain deficiencies in this kind of activity, the flaws cannot be concealed. I wonder if we can continue to introduce such a policy in the future? It is best to continue it."
How to effectively use waste furniture?
Give full play to the role of the second-hand trading market and provide policy support to processing companies
The recycling of waste products in China is divided into two categories: high value-added and low value-added. The former, such as waste electronic and electrical products, have good economy and greater environmental pollution. They are not handled very well at present, and their experience The lessons are worthy of analysis, research, and reference; the latter, such as waste glass and waste furniture, have less environmental pollution and lower economical efficiency. At present, they are gradually attracting attention from all walks of life, and the country has begun to explore related treatment models.
From the perspective of resource recycling, some of the better quality used furniture can enter the second-hand market, and give full play to its "surplus value." The rest can be processed into resources, disassembled into plastic, glass, metal, foam filler, wood board and other types of reusable materials; some solid wood materials can be used to make large core boards, density boards and sawdust after crushing Various plates such as boards; some "slightly harmful materials" such as leather and rubber can be treated harmlessly.
In reality, because the laws of circular economy are not followed very well, especially the relationship between the publicity and economy contained in the waste products is not handled well, the recycling of various waste products in various places is often simply repeated the same problem.
How to improve the system design so that the recycling of used furniture can take into account the three major benefits of society, economy and environment?
"First of all, the starting point of the system design is how to make consumers, recyclers, and processors have enthusiasm." Du Huanzheng, dean of the Research Institute of Circular Economy of the Yangtze River Delta, said that for consumers, they should have both will and channels to facilitate Hand over waste furniture; for disposal companies, because waste furniture disposal is a low value-added industry, appropriate policy encouragement and financial support should be given.
"Secondly, it is how to take into account the reuse of waste furniture, harmless treatment and resource utilization, etc." Du Huanzheng said, for example, harmless treatment and resource utilization reflect the relationship between the government and the market. In the past, we were accustomed to solving the problem of recycling of used products simply by administrative means, and the results were often counterproductive. In fact, the system design should be based on the market.
Specifically, how to control the flow of used furniture?
Du Huanzheng believes that one is to let the waste furniture flow into the second-hand trading market first, and extend the time that product resources serve human beings as much as possible; the second is to decompose the unusable waste furniture into two parts that are harmful and have residual value. The former is public. The government provides funds to deal with the latter, which has certain economics and can be dealt with by the market.
"Don't reverse and confuse the above procedures and relationships, otherwise you will take a detour." Du Huanzheng said, for example, if there are no standards for elimination and utilization, and supervision is carried out through a third party, it is simply to dismantle all the recycled and used furniture. Understand, if you do not play the role of the secondary trading market, it will cause great waste. Taking government subsidies as an example, if we cannot treat harmful and resource-based treatment differently and give capital subsidies in a comprehensive manner, this will greatly increase the financial burden and will not be sustainable.
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