Consumer Survey: e-Waste Assessment South Africa

Hello!

We are trying to get an idea of how much electronic and electrical equipment you have in your home. This will help us plan a future strategy for dealing with potential volumes of e-waste in South Africa. Please could you take the time to complete the following checklist that details household products. Thank you!

To learn more about our project and e-waste in South Africa, visit our website.

Region

Suburb

Household Equipment

Mark how many items you have in your household for each product.

IT Equipment

	Number of Items
	0	1	2	3	4	5	more
Photocopiers
Fax machines
Laptops
LCD screens (e.g. flatscreen TVs; LCD computer monitors)
Mobiles
Standard computer monitors (CRTs)
Modems
PCs
Phones (other than mobile)
Printers
Scanners

Consumer Equipment

Large Household Appliances

Small Household Applicances

Tracer Products

In our study we want to have a closer look at certain tracer products for each of the product categories.
Please specify for every item you have the following things:

- If you bought it new or second-hand
- how old it is
- if it is in use or in storage
- if it is working, broken (but fixable) or totally broken

Lightning Equipment

How do you get rid off old batteries?

Domestic waste

Store them

Hand them back to the retailer

How many people live in the household?

What is the income of the whole household?

How do you dispose of your e-waste?

Can you name or describe the refurbisher/recycler or the recycling initiative of the question above?

Can you interview your local informal waste collector and ask how much e-waste she/he collects? If you do not want to do this, check 'no answer'.

Indicates Response Required

	Number of items
	0	1	2	3	4	5	more
Electric/battery-run alarm clocks
Cameras
DVD players
Electrical musical instruments
Game consoles
MP3 players
Projectors
Radios
Hi-fis
TVs
Video players

	Number of Items
	0	1	2	3	4	5	more
Freezers
Dish washers
Tumble dryers
Electric heaters
Frigdes
Grillers (separate from stove or oven)
Hobs (separate from stove)
Ovens (separate from stove)
Steam ovens
Stoves
Washing machines

	Number of Items
	0	1	2	3	4	5	more
Blenders
Coffee machines
Electric lawn-mowers
Electric toothbrushes
Electric fans
Hair dryers
Irons
Kettles
Microwaves
Mixers
Pool cleaners (e.g. Kreepy Krauly)
Popcorn makers
Toasters
Vacuum cleaners

	Purchase		Age [years]								State of Equipment
	new	second hand	1	2	3	4-6	7-10	more	in use	in storage	working	fixable	broken
PC 1
PC 2
PC 3
PC 4
PC 5
Laptop 1
Laptop 2
Printer 1
Printer 2
Printer 3
Mobile 1
Mobile 2
Mobile 3
Mobile 4
Mobile 5
TV 1
TV 2
TV 3
Fridge 1
Fridge 2
Fridge 3
Washing machine 1
Washing machine 2
Microwave 1
Microwave 2

	0	1-2	3-5	6-10	11-20	21-40	more
Fluorescent tubes
Light bulbs
Long-life light bulbs