Old things become waste of resources and become consumption
Recycling of idle items benefits the country and the people (in-depth observation)
Recently, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Opinions on the Complete, Accurate and Comprehensive Implementation of the New Development Concept to Do a Good Job in Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutralization". It puts forward vigorously promoting energy conservation and emission reduction, comprehensively promoting cleaner production, accelerating the development of circular economy, and strengthening resource integration. Utilize and continuously improve the level of green and low-carbon development.
"Respect the nature and cherish the material" and "save material for use", our country has a long tradition of promoting the recycling of resources.
Promoting the recycling and reuse of second-hand idle items is essentially by letting them circulate, turning old items into resources, and turning waste into consumption.
In recent years, green living and green consumption have become increasingly popular, and the green and low-carbon circular development economic system has developed rapidly.
Baidu search big data shows that in the past year, the categories of commodities most associated with “second-hand” are second-hand cars, second-hand luxury goods, second-hand smartphones, second-hand furniture and second-hand household appliances.
How to solve the difficulties and blockages in order to circulate second-hand idle items in an orderly and efficient manner?
How to further prosper the circular economy?
The reporter conducted an investigation and interview.
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Is the quality of second-hand computers reliable?
"There is nothing to worry about, return the product if it is not useful." Consumer Wang Juan said, the merchant provides "7 days no reason to return the product, 15 days free replacement for quality problems, 180 days store warranty" service, let people eat Got a "rest pill"
"Let the things that are left unused, make the best use of them." This is a sentence from Wang Juan, a 30-year-old white-collar worker who lives in Chaoyang District, Beijing.
She has gradually become a frequent visitor to buy second-hand home appliances.
In early September this year, Wang Juan bought a 95% new second-hand computer on the auction platform of the second-hand Youpin B2C (corporate seller to individual buyer) retail platform under the Wanwu Xinsheng Group. The transaction price was only new. 40% of the price.
Is the quality of second-hand computers reliable?
This is the doubt of many consumers.
"There is nothing to worry about, return the product if it is not useful." Wang Juan said, this store provides "7 days no reason to return the product, 15 days free replacement for quality problems, 180 days store warranty" service, let people eat Under the "reassuring pill".
At present, the second-hand computer purchased by Wang Juan has been used for more than a month, and its performance is satisfactory.
Recently, Xiong Ping, who lives near Xiangshan South Road, Xihu District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi, also completed a second-hand digital product transaction.
Xiong Ping's Huawei Mate20 mobile phone that has been used for more than two years is already a bit "old-fashioned". It is necessary to change to a new mobile phone. Her entanglement is whether to "remove the old" while "welcoming the new", that is, to sell the old mobile phone.
Xiong Ping attaches great importance to the privacy and security of personal data. When she learned that there is a professional second-hand mobile phone recycling platform "Love Recycling" that can do "deep privacy cleanup" for mobile phones, she first made an appointment for the nearest love from home in the "Love Recycling" applet. Recycled the store, and then went to the store to sell the old phone by trade-in, did a "deep privacy cleanup", and replaced it with a new Huawei Mate40.
Second-hand 3C products (computer, communication and consumer electronics) have the characteristics of stronger rigid demand, higher transaction frequency, and stronger liquidity.
From the perspective of market potential, second-hand 3C products have more room for development.
Relevant data show that the transaction volume of second-hand consumer electronics in China last year reached 188.6 million units. In the next five years, it will maintain a compound annual growth rate of 23.7%, and it is expected to reach 545.8 million units by 2025.
In 2020, the total turnover of second-hand consumer electronics in China will reach 252.2 billion yuan. In the next five years, it will maintain a compound annual growth rate of 30.8%, and it is expected to be close to 1 trillion yuan by 2025.
At present, the domestic second-hand mobile phone recycling penetration rate (the ratio of recycled mobile phones to the total amount of idle mobile phones) is only 3.7%, and there is still much room for improvement. The reason is that the second-hand 3C industry market is relatively fragmented and there are many circulation pain points. For example, opaque valuation, lack of convenient recycling channels, consumers worry about their privacy leakage, no after-sales service, etc., have caused a large number of sellers and users to idle old 3C products, and buyers are afraid to buy second-hand 3C products. A greater waste of resources.
In July this year, the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for Circular Economy Development" issued by the National Development and Reform Commission proposed to improve second-hand commodity circulation laws and regulations, regulate the circulation order and transaction behavior of second-hand commodities; encourage the development of the “Internet + second-hand” model, and strengthen the Internet trading platform Manage responsibility, strengthen the supervision of transaction behavior, provide standardized and standardized services for second-hand commodity transactions, encourage platform companies to introduce third-party second-hand commodity professional operators, improve the efficiency of second-hand commodity transactions, and promote the standardized construction and operation of offline physical second-hand markets.
"Zhuanzhuan Group has always insisted on continuously improving user trust by providing standardized performance services; at the same time, it has continuously strengthened investment in technological innovation to improve transaction efficiency." Huang Wei, CEO of Zhuanzhuan Group, introduced the offline second-hand 3C industry circulation For problems such as low efficiency, lack of quality inspection and circulation standards, Zhuan Zhuan Group strives to create a unified good quality standard, and at the same time strictly controls the quality inspection of the inspection machine.
The artificial intelligence appraisal platform "Turing Appraisal" promotes the construction of industry standards and provides data support for the identification, valuation, and traceability of second-hand goods.
The company has established a database to support the quality appraisal of second-hand items in various categories such as luggage, trendy shoes, watches, clothing, etc., to help consumers achieve "safe trading and safe consumption".
"Different consumers have different acceptance of categories. I tend to buy and sell second-hand electronic products and other learning and work tools, because these are second-hand products that are easily standardized. In addition, in terms of transaction channels, I will choose to have after-sales service. Specialized second-hand B2C trading platform, so that transaction efficiency and after-sales will be more guaranteed." Wang Juan said.
Reporter's comment
With standardization, standardization, and technology as the development direction, more and more innovative market entities have emerged in the second-hand 3C product trading industry in my country.
Looking to the future, the entire industry is expected to ensure user information security through research and development of privacy removal technologies, and to reduce carbon emissions and environmental pollution in the electronic consumer sector by extending the life cycle of electronic products... As the level of standardized recycling system construction is further improved, the industrial foundation will be more solid , The willingness of consumers to trade idle goods will gradually increase, and second-hand trading platforms that can provide consumers with professional, convenient and after-sales guarantee services will have broad development prospects.
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The vehicle delivery cycle has changed from more than 13 working days to 7 working days, and the time for raising the vehicle has been doubled!
After the implementation of the policy of "cross-provincial administration", Zhou Ling, a consumer who buys second-hand cars in different places, enjoys tangible dividends
Restricted urban relocation and regional price differences have been the long-standing difficulties in second-hand car transactions.
In April of this year, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Public Security, and the State Administration of Taxation issued a notice requiring local governments at all levels to promote the complete removal of restrictions on the removal of second-hand cars. The first batch of pilot projects will be implemented in 20 cities including Tianjin and Taiyuan, and the number will be extended to 218 from September 1st. city.
The notice clearly requires that the registration of second-hand car trans-provincial transactions can be implemented across provinces. Buyers of second-hand cars directly conduct vehicle inspections and registrations at the place of transfer, and do not need to return to the place of registration for vehicle inspection and transfer out, reducing the number of round trips between the two places.
The vehicle delivery cycle has changed from more than 13 working days to 7 working days, and the time for raising the vehicle has been doubled!
This is a tangible bonus that Zhou Ling, a consumer who buys second-hand cars from other places, enjoys after the implementation of the "cross-provincial administration" policy.
In this regard, Zhou Ling, who lives in Chengdu, Sichuan, is very impressed: “More information runs off the road, and the masses run less errands. We don’t have to toss like before when buying second-hand cars. It’s great!”
It turned out that in August of this year, Zhou Ling placed an order on a second-hand car e-commerce platform to buy a 2019 Volkswagen Discovery. The car was in Hangzhou at that time and registered in Suzhou, and Zhou Ling wanted to use it in Chengdu.
If before the implementation of the new policy, Zhou Ling has to send the relevant ID documents to Suzhou and go through the procedures for the removal of the vehicle, it will take about 2 working days; then the vehicle will be transported from Hangzhou to Suzhou, it will take 1 working day; after that, the second-hand The staff of the vehicle platform go to the local vehicle management office in Suzhou to make an appointment to go through the filing procedures on their behalf, to apply for a temporary license plate, and it takes 3 working days to issue the license plate and files; finally, the vehicle is transported to Chengdu and placed in Chengdu.
It will take at least 13 working days before and after.
Chengdu and Suzhou are both pilot cities that will start the trial of "trans-provincial administration" of second-hand car transaction registration starting on June 1.
After the implementation of this policy, the second-hand car platform can directly transport vehicles from Hangzhou to Chengdu through logistics. After the vehicle arrives, the transaction registration formalities are directly processed, and the vehicle delivery can be completed within 7 working days.
According to data from the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce Automobile Dealers Chamber of Commerce, after the release of the new policy for second-hand car circulation, the proportion of local and remote transactions has changed from 7:3 to 4:6, and the car purchase cycle between pilot cities has been significantly reduced by more than 6 working days.
Luo Lei, deputy secretary general of the China Automobile Dealers Association, believes that the implementation of the new policy for second-hand car transactions has greatly optimized the consumer experience of buying second-hand cars across provinces.
To reduce obstacles and promote transaction facilitation, in addition to deepening the reform of "delegation, regulation, and service" by government departments, relevant market players are also actively working hard.
Some market players have focused their efforts on the demand side to strengthen after-sales service capabilities, making it easier for consumers to return and exchange cars, and optimize the consumers' car buying experience.
“I need to bring children on my daily trips. Space is just needed for me.” In May of this year, Ren Yu, who lives in Beijing’s Haidian District, bought a 2013 Infiniti QX50 from a second-hand car platform through online and offline car viewing. .
The car brand, car condition, driving experience, etc. all meet his requirements, but the space inside the car is slightly cramped.
After repeated consideration, Ren Yu chose to return the car through the three guarantees service.
And this is due to the "7-day return service without reason" launched by this second-hand car platform, which provides consumers with a guarantee service for car purchase, even if the space in the car is not satisfied, the car can be returned.
After understanding Ren Yu's needs, the platform staff assisted in returning the car while continuing to find a suitable car source for him.
At this time, another store on the platform has a new 2017 7-seater logo 5008.
Looking at the car through online video, Ren Yu was very satisfied with the space, condition and configuration of the car, and then successfully completed the return and exchange of the car.
"The return service is very good, and the online viewing and booking of the car are also very smooth when changing the car." Ren Yu said.
Some market players focus on improving their digital operation capabilities through e-commerce upgrades and transformations from the supply side.
According to Yang Haoyong, CEO of Chehaoduo Group and founder of Guazi Second-hand Cars, Guazi Second-hand Cars has promoted nearly 5,000 settled car dealers to provide a one-stop e-commerce car purchase service of "orders placed online and delivered offline". Consultation, order placement, finance, insurance, etc. can be completed online.
This new e-commerce model has achieved more and better vehicle supply, higher turnover efficiency, and more comprehensive user rights protection.
The second-hand car market of Xinye, where Hefei Honghui second-hand car is located, is an earlier second-hand car market in Hefei and is well-known in Anhui.
Honghui second-hand car has more than 40 parking spaces and is a large-scale merchant in the market. Its business mainly covers Hefei and surrounding cities such as Lu'an, Anqing and Wuhu.
"After connecting to the Guazi second-hand car open platform, Honghui used cars sold to Zhengzhou, Qingdao, Lanzhou, Shenyang, Guilin and other places, and sales increased by about 30%." said Xu Shihui, head of Honghui used cars.
At present, Honghui second-hand cars are collected in accordance with the testing standards of Guazi second-hand cars, and the daily supply of cars on the shelves is maintained at about 15 units.
"As the speed of vehicle circulation increases, several parking spaces have recently been returned, which further saves costs without affecting sales." Xu Shihui said.
Reporter's comment
After the car ownership reaches a certain number, the second-hand car market often begins to accelerate, and my country's second-hand car market is ushering in a broad blue ocean.
Looking to the future, it is expected that relevant departments and relevant market entities will continue to focus on the entire life cycle of automobiles, seize the links of new cars, used cars, end-of-life cars, and automotive aftermarkets, and continue to make efforts to deepen the reform of “delegation of regulation and services” in the circulation field, and strive to resolve constraints The outstanding problems of automobile circulation and consumption promote the efficient circulation of the entire automobile chain and promote the green cycle of automobile consumption.
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Some bike-sharing companies recycle the tires of shared bikes for harmless treatment, and then regenerate the raw materials for plastic stadiums and donate them to schools in mountainous areas to build stadiums. All indicators are in line with the standards of "Synthetic material surface sports venues for primary and secondary schools"
At the scrap bicycle dismantling base of China Renewable Resources Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Supply and Marketing Group, located in Dezhou, Shandong, scrap bicycles are being transported to the dismantling workshop in an orderly manner for recycling, dismantling and harmless treatment.
The bicycles that have passed the preliminary dismantling are divided into four categories: tires, baskets, seats and other metal parts according to different materials.
After these waste materials are dismantled, crushed, screened, classified and stored in 4 processes, the dismantled main frame and other metal materials are re-smelted into metal ingots for recycling, and the car body plastic is broken into plastic particles for secondary processing , The manufacture of plastic pallets, car interiors, etc., tires, cushions, etc. will also be recycled or harmlessly treated accordingly.
"Skilled dismantling workers with equipment can dismantle 80 to 100 units per day, and the general dismantling base can dismantle and dispose about 3000 units per day. The recyclable rate of each bicycle is more than 99%." China Recycling Company's Texas base The person in charge said.
According to statistics, my country produces nearly 3 million used shared bicycles every year.
If these used bicycles can be recycled and reused, it will reduce bauxite mining by at least 110,000 tons, reduce vegetation damage by 170,000 square meters, and reduce carbon emissions by 580,000 tons.
As a leading enterprise in the domestic renewable resource industry, China Recycling Corporation has increased its technological innovation and strengthened the management of the recycling and utilization of large items throughout the life cycle.
They explored and created a full life cycle management model for shared bicycles, and provided solutions for batch, harmless, and resource-based disposal of scrapped bicycles.
In 2017, China Recycling Co., Ltd. established cooperative relationships with several domestic bike-sharing companies such as Meituan Bicycles (formerly Mobike) and took the lead in realizing the green closed loop of the production, use, recycling and reuse of shared bikes.
At present, China Recycling Corporation has recycled and disposed of more than 4 million scrapped bicycles in more than 350 cities in 29 provinces.
Meituan Bicycle will recycle the shared bicycle tires and conduct harmless treatment to regenerate the raw materials for the plastic stadium, which will be donated to the mountain school to build the stadium.
"Up to now, Meituan has donated 18 shared bicycle tires recycled plastic stadiums to mountain schools, and more than 40,000 shared bicycle tires are recycled. All raw materials and indicators meet the standards of "Synthetic Material Surface Sports Grounds for Primary and Secondary Schools". "Introduced by Qin Hao, the relevant person in charge of Meituan.
The "14th Five-Year" Circular Economy Development Plan proposes to support the supply and marketing cooperative system to rely on the sales and service network to carry out the recycling of waste materials.
According to statistics, the national supply and marketing system currently has more than 170 end-of-life automobile business enterprises and 261 electronic waste business enterprises. Among them, China Renewable Resources Environment Co., Ltd. owns 11 waste home appliance processing enterprises, which are mainly engaged in the recycling of waste electrical and electronic products. Dismantling and disposal, the actual dismantling volume is nearly 19 million units (sets) per year.
“In the next step, the supply and marketing cooperatives will use the systematic operation and service network to accelerate the creation of a full industrial chain with convenient recycling and efficient processing, and play a greater role in promoting the construction of a waste material recycling system.” said the relevant person in charge of the National Supply and Marketing Cooperatives.
Reporter's comment
Improving the circulation system for green and low-carbon circular development is an important part of accelerating the establishment of a sound and green and low-carbon circular development economic system.
On the one hand, it is necessary to improve the recycling and processing system for second-hand items and promote typical recycling models and empirical practices; on the other hand, it is necessary to increase the output rate and recycling rate of second-hand resources.
It is necessary to do a good job in strengthening the recycling and utilization of renewable resources, promote the joint efforts and coordinated advancement of government, industry, university, research and other parties, encourage enterprises to use modern information technology to realize the organic combination of waste recycling online and offline, cultivate new business models, and build leading enterprises Enhance the overall competitiveness of the industry.
Our reporter Qi Zhiming