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From the point of view of protection of the environment, large domestic appliances are in some ways an even greater problem than cars. Precisely because the householder can get rid of them more easily by dumping in the countryside or on rubbish tips, since they are smaller than cars and are not registered by any authorities, the danger of this random dumping increases with the numbers of appliances, and according to the extent to which official charges for orderly removal and storage of the appliances increase. Abandoned domestic appliances offer shelter to mice, rats and other vermin. They are bulky, which causes problems for disposal on tips. Whereas the scrap trade obtains usable spare parts from old cars, and can also obtain considerable quantities of scrap, there are fewer opportunities with domestic appliances.
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Europool limited. (1978). The problem of domestic appliances. In: The Disposal and Recycling of Scrap Metal from Cars and Large Domestic Appliances. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9655-7_5
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