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Focus on hundreds of millions of energy-saving lamps hidden hidden pollution

With the rapid development of economy, in recent years, the speed of electronic waste in China is very alarming. According to the 2010 United Nations Environment Programme report, China has become the world's second largest producer of e-waste, annual production of more than 2 million 300 thousand tons of e-waste, second only to the United States 3 million tons; by 2020, China's scrap computer than doubled in 2007 to two, the abandoned mobile phone will increase 7 times. In the process of recycling and comprehensive utilization of electronic waste, there is a phenomenon of pollution of the environment and human health.

As the country to promote green lighting project, China's first batch of financial subsidies to promote the listing of hundreds of millions of old energy-saving lamps are entering the stage of centralized retirement, and the annual consumption will be more than 1 billion. Because the old energy-saving lamp contains mercury and lead and other toxic and harmful elements, experts were called after the waste battery second garbage "mercury pollution source", and the relative system, energy-saving lamp recycling in China is very "childish", such as improper disposal, pollution risk can not be ignored.

Centralized scrap threat environment

2008, the state launched the green lighting project, urban and rural residents to buy the successful use of energy-saving lamps by the financial subsidies 50%, enterprises and institutions and other large users to buy subsidies of 30%. In addition, through the implementation of the 'bright line' charity project to the edge of the mountain donation.

In this context, the promotion of energy-saving lamps around China is very rapid. Such as Hunan City, Changsha province in 2008 to 2011 to promote efficient lighting energy-saving lamps 3 million 600 thousand, of which the promotion of the 1 million 610 thousand in 2011, the Hunan provincial development and Reform Commission issued a task of 2.3 times.

Experts said, taking into account the first batch of energy-saving lamp life is generally 3 years, according to the judgment of the first batch of financial subsidies to promote the listing of one hundred million energy-saving lamps are entering the focus of scrap.

Changsha City office director Wu Defeng told reporters, energy-saving lamps than ordinary incandescent lamp 80%, the promotion of the city 3 million 600 thousand energy-saving lamps, power saving of about 179 million degrees, 171 thousand tons of carbon dioxide emissions. According to a comprehensive energy reduction program of work issued by the State Council, the state of "green lighting" project by way of financial subsidies to the national promotion of efficient lighting products 150 million, a year cumulative saving 29 billion kwh, less 29 million tons of carbon dioxide, 290 thousand tons of sulfur dioxide emissions.

In Changsha, Beijing and other places WAL-MART, Carrefour and other supermarkets, energy-saving lamps dazzling. In the packaging box of some international brands, there is a small box folded into instructions. In this piece of paper or a corner of the back, with a piece of toxic and harmful substances in the periodic table, display lamp, energy-saving lamp tube, ballast, plastic four part there are different levels of lead, mercury, PBB and other toxic and harmful elements. According to the Ministry of information industry "toxic and hazardous substances in electronic information products limited requirements", some spiral lead and mercury electronic energy-saving lamps capillary in ballast, lead in plastic of polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ether and some two exceed the standard; energy-saving lamps will exceed the standard in the capillary, lamp, ballast all lead, exceed the standard mercury in the capillary.

Changsha City Office of the general office, the relevant research shows that waste energy saving lamps especially mercury Vintage fluorescent tube with an average of about 0.5 mg, only with a ballpoint pen tip. However, if the infiltration into the ground, enough to pollute about 180 tons of water and surrounding soil. In addition, after the energy saving lamp broken, the instantaneous concentration of mercury in the surrounding air seriously exceeded. Once into the human body, it may destroy the central nervous system.

Some industry experts believe that with the gradual demise of incandescent lamps, China's annual consumption of up to about 1000000000. Although recent advances in technology, energy saving lamps mercury pollution and other issues greatly reduced. But on the early production of energy-saving lamps, many products because of the original technology is relatively backward, mercury pollution and other issues are more prominent.

Lack of recycling channels

Jin Min, director of environmental economics and Management Department of Renmin University of China School of environment, promotion of energy-saving lamps to achieve energy-saving emission reduction, but it is very energy-saving, no back channel "has become one of the prominent problems of electronic waste.

Reporter recently visited in Beijing, Wuhan and other places, it is found that the supermarket and waste recycling, waste energy-saving lamps are not free "". Beijing, a lighting shop owner said, some enterprises to engage in public service recovery, but is thought to close to sell refurbished energy-saving lamps. Energy saving lamp recycling box to sponge, transportation is very careful, engage in recycling pure money to make money"!

A lighting business manager said, in the middle of some big city community to carry out public welfare activities, often for a long time also take back a few energy-saving lamps, and trash and garbage mixed waste station energy-saving lamps in the debris are often seen, as ordinary garbage sent to landfill or incineration. Helpless, the organizers had warned residents not to waste energy saving lamps broken and can not give children to play, and then throw a plastic bag.

Shanghai electronic waste disposal center has a set of annual processing of waste energy saving lamps 1700 tons of imported equipment, very rare in the country. In this kind of processing line, wearing protective equipment staff put the waste energy saving lamp into the processing equipment, after crushing, mercury absorption process recovery. It is understood that Shanghai electronic waste trading center, a staff member serious enough to eat, mainly by some authorities to send a few units of waste lamps.

Multi pronged approach

Changsha renewable resources association secretary general