| Home Appliance Recycling Law | Small Home Appliances Recycling Law | |
| Target Items | four kinds of large home appliances (air conditioner, TV, wash machine, refrigerator) | small electric & electronic appliances for use in daily life (such as PCs, mobile phones, VTRs, DVDs, digital cameras, clocks and hair dryers) |
| Collection | product manufacturers/importers | municipalities, authorized recyclers |
| Recycling | product manufacturers/importers | authorized recyclers |
| Cost burden | consumers | No cost charge on consumers. Profit from recycling may cover the system. |
| Amount treated in 2016FY | 11 million units (approx. 400 thousand tons) | 68 thousand tons |