Managing discarded major appliances: Current practice, regulation, and training
The public service report reviews the following aspects of managing used major household appliances, also known as white goods: generation rates in Illinois; available disposal/recycling capacity; regulatory impact; legislation outside of Illinois; background and regulation of CFCs, PCBs and mercury; and training programs in component removal. Appliance disposal varies greatly with geographic location. Near Chicago, ample markets exist for scrap metal as well as businesses and 'entrepeneurs' who transport appliances to markets. There is also a large demand for used appliances that work. This economic activity is very efficient, although unregulated. Outside of northeastern Illinois, there is very little demand for used appliances. An Illinois landfill ban and new Clean Air Act regulations will affect the way used appliances are managed. Any chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant gases, PCB containing capacitors or ballasts, or mercury containing switches must be removed before a discarded appliance can be shredded (the usual recycling method). Additional processing adds cost to appliance disposal and will tend to erode current economic incentive to collect used appliances. Little training is available for appliance processing.
- Research Organization:
- Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- OSTI ID:
- 5663954
- Report Number(s):
- PB-94-108115/XAB; OSWM-13
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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