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Environmental sustainability
- nlmapplianceandair
- Feb 9
- 3 min read
THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF REPAIRING APPLIANCES
Technological advancements throughout the generations have increased the availability of and
reliance on electronic household items to make our lives easier, the completion of tasks more
convenient and to provide greater comfort. One would struggle to find a household in the modern
age without the essential electronic household items of air-conditioners, refrigerators, washing
machines, dryers, ovens and stoves.
The availability of a vast range of these items, often at the click of a finger with the inclusion of
delivery may often lead people to discard their current items when there appears to be a problem
with them. Unfortunately, such disposals have a disastrous impact on the environment.
The environmentally sustainable alternative is to repair the electronic household item, rather than
dispose of it.
If you have an electronic household item that needs repairing or installing, contact our experts at
NLM Appliance & Air Con Service Pty Ltd for a free quote. Our specialists have an extraordinary
success rate in repairing electronic household items. Not only would Mother Nature thank you for it,
but your bank account would be grateful too. Repairing an existing appliance is a much cheaper
alternative to purchasing and installing a new appliance.
HOW PREVALENT IS THE ISSUE OF THE DISPOSAL OF ELECTRONIC HOUSEHOLD ITEMS?
Disposing electronic household items as opposed to repairing existing items is a common form of
environmental unsustainability, with disastrous outcomes for the environment flowing from
electronic devices turning up in the landfill. Electronic waste is rapidly becoming one of the fastest
growing forms of waste in Australia and the globe.
There are over 45 million household appliances collectively owned by Australians. Concerningly, 2.5
million of these appliances are discarded annually and often up in landfills.
WHAT ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF DISPOSAL?
The physical nature and large size of most electronic household items means that those which end
up in the landfill contribute to landfill spatial inefficiency. The NSW Government predicts that in the
absence of action, landfill space is predicted to run out by 2030. This would result in a significant
increase to management costs for households and businesses, with people being required to
transport waste to regional areas and interstate for disposal. The increased cost and arrangements
associated with disposals would lead to further illegal dumping of items and material in areas even
less ecologically sustainable than landfills, such as in rivers, lakes and the ocean.
Many electronic household items contain hazardous materials that can leak and contaminate soil
and water. As materials such as metals, plastics and chemicals break down in landfills, they often
release substances which are very harmful to the environment. One common example is that the
refrigerants and foam blowing agents that are contained in many refrigerators can deplete the
ozone layer and their release into the atmosphere can contribute to an increase in global warming.
Methane is released upon the decomposition of plastics and is a potent greenhouse gas. Metals
contained in disposed household electronic items also have disastrous and unique effects on the
environment by penetrating into soil and groundwater and in doing so potentially contaminating
water sources and harming human and wildlife populations.
The disposal rather than the repairing of electronic household items increases the demand for newly
manufactured products as replacements of the disposed products, thereby increasing the negative
effects that the production of electronic household items has on the environment. In particular, the
mining and processing of raw materials used to produce new household electronic items contribute
to deforestation, the destruction of habitats for wildlife and environmental pollution.
You can therefore create a more sustainable future by contacting NLM Appliance & Air Con Service
Pty Ltd to repair your electronic household items, rather than bear the financial and environmental
costs associated with the disposal of current items and the purchasing of replacement items.
CONTACT NLM APPLIANCE & AIR CON SERVICE PTY LTD NOW
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