In the past two years, the replacement cycle of Chinese people has generally been extended, but their preference for mobile phone replacement still seems to be ahead of other parts of the world.
Market data shows that in the first half of this year, the overall shipment of domestic mobile phones still has 136 million units under the background of a decline of more than 20%, and an average of as many as 33 mobile phones are released every month.
A report recently released by the China Circular Economy Association mentioned that in the past five years, my country's average annual mobile phone sales have reached 430 million units, equivalent to 30% of the total global mobile phone sales; at present, every 100 Chinese residents have 114 mobile phones, exceeding the world average.
Another report from the Beijing Entrepreneur Environmental Protection Foundation (SEE Foundation) shows that in terms of mobile phone ownership, the per capita mobile phone ownership in China is 4.58, more than 80% of residents have more than 3 mobile phones, and 44.5% of people have even more than 5 mobile phones.
These data show that China is still the world's largest smartphone production and consumption market.
300 million to 500 million mobile phones are discarded every year, and more than half of them are "eat dirt" at home?
How long can it be used after the mobile phone reaches the consumer's hands?
For users who are keen on durability, a phone can be used for 5 years or even longer; for users who are pursuing a "new" experience, the lifespan of a phone may end with the emergence of the next new product.
Although the replacement cycle is extending, the "Public Survey Report on Mobile Phone Use and Recycling" released by the Beijing Entrepreneur Environmental Protection Foundation (SEE Foundation) shows that more than 20% of Chinese users will change their phones in less than a year. The other side of
mass production and fast consumption of mobile phones is the generation of large-scale used mobile phones, which have even surpassed mobile phone sales.
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Data provided by the China Circular Economy Association shows that in 2015, my country generated 370 million abandoned mobile phones, reaching 513 million in 2019, and slightly decreased in 2021, about 404 million, but it has remained at a high of 300 million to 500 million.
Where did such a huge number of used mobile phones go in the end?
The research results of the association show that among the main flows after mobile phones are abandoned, the storage rate of idle retention by consumers is about 54.2%. This means that more than half of the used mobile phones are "lying flat" at home to "eat dirt". For example, Li Ying . Among the phones she eliminated before, except for one of the iPhone X for her mother to use, the rest are idle.
The standard recycling rate of waste electronics is less than 20%, and the reasons for the low recycling rate of mobile phones are complex
With the rapid growth of mobile phone production and consumption, how to recycle and deal with the subsequent large number of waste mobile phones has become an urgent problem.
is in sharp contrast to the high sales volume and high waste volume of mobile phones, and is currently the lower recycling rate.
If an idle mobile phone cannot be recycled and processed in time, it will be completely discarded over time and become an unusable "e-waste" (i.e. "e-waste"). In addition to the above mentioned that more than half of the discarded mobile phones are idle at home, there are currently two main ways to recycle mobile phones in China:
, one is to enter the recycling process through traditional recycling channels such as recycling vendors; the other is to enter the recycling process through new Internet platforms.
According to the data of the "China Waste Electrical and Electronic Product Recycling and Treatment and Comprehensive Utilization Industry White Paper 2020", the annual processing volume of electronic waste in my country has reached about 80 million units; at the same time, the standardized recycling rate of electronic waste is less than 20%; another institution has found that the recycling rate of waste mobile phone resources in my country may be even lower, only about 4%.
A research report mentioned that the reasons for the relatively low mobile phone recycling rate in my country are very complicated. From a policy perspective, the rights and obligations of the responsible parties for recycling used mobile phones, including producers, sellers, consumers, etc., need to be further clarified. From a market perspective, my country's recycling market channels are scattered and need to be developed in a standardized manner; from the perspective of consumers, mobile phone recycling is mainly affected by factors such as recycling prices and information security.
second-hand mobile phone market size has grown, and each transaction is reduced by 25 kg
According to media reports, previous data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows that China's current stock of scrap mobile phones is about 2 billion. If it can be properly recycled, it will also be beneficial to the improvement of the natural environment.
The "China Idle Second-hand Trading Carbon Emission Reduction Report" previously released by Tsinghua University Institute of Energy and Environmental Economics and other institutions found that after accounting for the second-hand 3C business of the circular economy industry company Zhuanzhuan Group, it was found that completing each second-hand mobile phone transaction can achieve at least about 25 kilograms of carbon emission reduction; while the transaction of household appliances and other 3C idle items can achieve higher carbon emission reduction, for example, the carbon emission reduction achieved by the idle transaction of a household refrigerator is as high as 130 kilograms.
. According to market research agency IDC, the global transaction volume of second-hand smartphones reached 225 million in 2020, an increase of 9.2% compared with 2019; it is estimated that by 2024, the global transaction volume of second-hand smartphones will reach 352 million, approaching the annual sales volume of new mobile phones in the Chinese market.
China's second-hand mobile phone trading market is currently nearly 100 billion yuan and is growing rapidly; whether it is user scale or market supply and demand, the development potential and market prospects of idle items transactions, including mobile phones, are actually far beyond those of Europe and the United States.
initiative to properly recycle and reuse and help the development of the circular economy
August 11, at the press conference of the "Public Action Manual for Recycling and Utilization of Waste Mobile Phones" held in Beijing, the China Circular Economy Association jointly launched the "Initiative for Safe Recycling and Environmental Protection of Waste Mobile Phones" in conjunction with the Beijing Entrepreneur Environmental Protection Foundation to work with key enterprises covering the entire mobile phone industry chain in the fields of mobile phone manufacturing, recycling, utilization, dismantling and information security.
The initiative aims to call on all sectors to work together to help accelerate the high-quality development of the waste mobile phone recycling industry , which includes: It is an initiative to take measures to actively promote the transaction and reuse of second-hand mobile phones for waste mobile phones with reusable value, and extend the service life of mobile phones; it is encouraged to trade waste mobile phones through diversified means such as "old trade-in" and "recycling and cash back"; in the process of mobile phone recycling and processing, reliable information erasure technology is adopted to ensure the security of consumer information; it is an initiative to hand over completely abandoned mobile phones to formal dismantling and processing companies for resource recycling, so as to maximize the resource value of waste mobile phones.
As one of the first companies participating in the initiation, Zhuanzhuan Group has been deeply engaged in the second-hand mobile phone 3C industry for many years. As early as the beginning of its establishment, Zhuanzhuan was the first in the industry to create quality inspection, warranty and after-sales services for second-hand mobile phones; while establishing industry-leading advantages, it has gradually developed into the preferred platform for consumers to buy and sell second-hand mobile phone 3C products. In the past two years, in terms of platform digital construction, the "second-hand commodity price guidance system" developed and launched by the group and one-stop services such as quality inspection, sales and recycling have also been recognized by Beijing for their new technology and new products (services) because they can accurately match user needs.
At the level of fulfillment services that consumers are concerned about, Zhuanzhuan Group has established infrastructure to promote the recycling and circulation of idle resources including used mobile phones in many cities such as Beijing, Shenzhen, , Qingdao and Chengdu, and has established supplier sites covering the country's second-hand mobile phone 3C business in more than 30 provinces and cities; for mobile phone recycling, the platform has launched a variety of recycling methods such as store, door-to-door and mail, to meet the diverse needs of consumers. In addition to the competent departments and enterprises, to accelerate the high-quality development of China's used mobile phone recycling, it actually requires the joint participation of the whole people. Chinese consumers, especially young people, have actually begun to be willing to use their consumption behavior to express their thinking about the social environment and their attitude towards life: consumption, but not waste.
At the macro level, the country's path to achieving the dual carbon goal is actually very clear. There are strategic plans here, which also concerns every individual. Therefore, more and more young people like to buy and sell idle items such as second-hand mobile phones, which not only meet their own needs, but also contribute their own strength to help the development of the circular economy.
Zhu Liyang, President of China Circular Economy Association and Member of the National Climate Change Committee, also believes that my country's ecological civilization construction has entered a critical period of focusing on carbon reduction as the strategic direction, promoting coordinated efficiency improvement of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, promoting comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and achieving improvement of ecological environment quality from quantitative change to qualitative change. In this context, promoting the recycling of used mobile phones is of great significance to comprehensively improve resource utilization efficiency, effectively prevent and control electronic waste pollution, cultivate a green production and lifestyle, and help achieve the "dual carbon" goal as scheduled.
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