The purpose of this research is to predict the amount of the metal in home electrical appliances left at homes at time of tearing them down. We investigated the number and the processing method of home electrical appliance products left at homes at time of tearing them down by a questionnaire survey. From the results, we calculated that the number of home electrical appliances treated improperly. Furthermore, in order to predict the number of home electrical appliances were treated left at homes at time of tearing them down improperly in the future, we predicted houses that will be torn down in the future.
From the questionnaire survey, we received from 414 house demolition companies, and from 366 industrial-waste disposal companies. According to the responses, from the home demolition companies, they said that the home electrical appliances that were left behind the most were air conditioners at 40 %. Next, compact appliances classified as bulky refuse (ex. heating installation, microwave oven and lighting system) was 33%. In addition, from the industrial-waste disposal companies, they said that the home electrical appliances that were left behind the most were compact appliances classified as bulky refuse was 44%. From the companies, they said that they knew the small size appliances (ex. camera, clock, and cellular phone) recycling law was about 60%. We guess that small size appliances are left behind because companies do not have the knowledge or know the right method for processing them.
We predicted the number of housing stock and demolition houses. We predicted the number of home electrical appliances left at homes at time of tearing them down treated by improper processing. We predicted the integrated number of home electrical appliances left at homes at time of tearing them down treated by improper processing will be about 6 million from 2013 to 2053. We calculated this data based on the responses of the number of home electrical appliances left at homes at time of tearing them down and methods of treating home electrical appliances treated by improper processing in 2014. If most companies knew the small size appliances recycling laws, the number of small size appliances treated by improper processing would be reduced.
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