"As much as 450 million of annual production of mobile phones in China, and used mobile phones for 180 million, of which only less than 1% by recycling. "At a press conference recently, Vice President of Meizu phone Li Nan on the media, including the newspaper says it will launch mobile phone recycling plan mCycle, hope used mobile phones to implement" green recovery ".
In fact, with the accelerating Smartphone replacement frequency, idle mobile phones increased rapidly every year. Ministry data shows that 2014, China's mobile phone market is 425 million in shipments, new subscriber only 57 million, this group of gap data from a certain extent, reflect the situation of a large number of mobile phones has been left idle.
Previously, Apple and Huawei mobile phone manufacturers are announce expanded mobile phone recycling scheme. But according to journalist interviewed with mobile phone recycling industry chain in the early, more current second hand mobile phone recycling and dismantling industry chain is a grey area, and most rely on Government subsidies or other value-added services survive the regular army, electronic waste dismantling companies the average gross profit margin not to 10%.
"Environmental protection is a luxury in itself. "Li Nan told reporters, Meizu and no commercial interest in the industry chain. He stressed that the cell phone recycling is expensive work, flat or a small loss is the norm.
Used mobile phones to formal recovery difficult
Statistics show that in 2014, 425 million in mobile phone sales in China. According to 20% 's for probability calculations, China's annual market size for up to 80 million to 90 million, missing links, because recycling, starting from 2G, my stock as much as hundreds of millions of mobile phone ownership. Decoding Tiger sniffing protection of intellectual
According to the number of 100 research data 68.2% users will place your cell phone in the home, 20.8% friends straight away, there are a small number of people used mobile phones when the garbage into the trash, on the whole, present the recycling of old mobile phones to go faster than the speed of production.
Apple, for example, Foxconn, Apple used equipment sales company love-Feng trading company Chairman Hu guohui told reporters, Apple has a recycling program in the 95% of the world market, and is collected to process.
"Currently around 50,000 ~6 day old iPhone is recycled through legitimate channels, of which 20% were United States bought about 10 insurance companies, while the rest of the 80% flows into the Hong Kong, China entered the auction house, auction bid then flow into the Mainland and other Southeast Asian countries. "Hu guohui said, the informal market, more by the" ox "with so-called high prices for recycling. During the warranty period of the machine, cattle will be "cheating" way at the Apple store in Exchange for a new machine, so higher prices relative to regular firm of 500 to 1000 Yuan is also likely.
Even more problematic is that gray industrial chain due to Apple's old mobile phones has become very large, Apple just the second-hand phone market "ox" of small businesses. Hu guohui pointed out, many used machines put on the appearance of parts, after repackaging turn into "14 days" and "water cargo", or even "new machine" was sold to users.
"We recycle price was thought to be black, but need testing after the cell phone recycling, maintenance costs of the OEM parts you need to buy is, while others (informal) channels are not going to do. "Love Feng Deng Xinyu, Director, told reporters, Chinese mobile phone recycling market also has the same problem.
Dismantling army "lose money making"
"Interest is not fair to the small loss is normal, is chiefly to protect the environment at the same time, build some brand recognition. "Li Nan told reporters, though with Jin Xin Tai green factories, but Meizu in the industrial chain and there is no real commercial interest, on the contrary, Meizu has done for its subsidies. Huawei also said that mobile phone recycling is mainly wants to see the entire mobile phone industry on the road to more environmentally friendly, is not to make money.
Current recycling cell phones, Meizu will be divided into two categories, one is the value of mobile phone, the other is no longer use mobile phones. Former processed secondary sales, thereby releasing the residual value, the latter being scrapped, but dispose of used goods spending far more than twice the sales profits.
"Compared to peer 2% scrap, scrap ratio of our factory is more than 8.5%, is accompanied by 4 times. "Linan on reporter said, currently charm family using of technology main is through efficient automatically broken system, and magnetic selected, and Eddy points selected, and share points selected, high-tech, can will metal and plastic for green separation, no chloride wet method metallurgical technology extraction gold, and silver, and Tin, and copper, and Platinum, and Palladium, dilute precious metals, abandoned burning or acid soaking extraction dilute precious metals of traditional processing method. And most of the factories are still wet and prone to cause secondary pollution to the environment.
This to some extent reflects the "regular army" awkwardness. Journalists had visited e-dismantling enterprises understand that electronic waste dismantling equipment levels for the industry is not high, industry chain is short, deep cycle is not enough, leading to relatively low added value, a lot of electronic waste recycling enterprises an average gross margin of less than 10%.
"Dismantling, gross profit margin is very low, and dismantling, sustainable core competence is also weak. "Grammy Chairman Xu Kaihua recycling and dismantling enterprises, told reporters, mainly by e-waste fees as a business model, resources worth more than some can do more than add some income, but first must be profitable charging mode, otherwise the whole industry is unsustainable.
But from consumers who charge fees that are not too easy, electronic recycling and dismantling most enterprises rely on State subsidies. Journalist access to relevant information found Treasury in 2014 of Fund income and expenditure budget of the Central Government shows that 2013 2.811 billion yuan of funds revenue of waste electrical and electronic products, the Fund spent 753 million Yuan, of which direct subsidies to businesses reached 629 million Yuan, but it is worth noting is that past phones have not been included in the catalogue of waste electrical and electronic products.
But the good news may be coming, the reporter access to information found in February of this year after expanding the catalogue of waste electrical and electronic products, electronic waste from the "four brain (TV sets, refrigerators, washing machines and room air conditioners, micro-computer)" extended to 14 categories such as water heaters, cell phone, the new list will be launched on March 1, 2016. Maybe by next year, cell phone recycling and dismantling industry chain will be a significant change.