Electric water heater

Exports of small household electric appliances like electric frying pan, electric heater, electric iron and electric water heater from China have been steadily rising even as the industry struggles with sharp increases in material and labor costs while preparing for the EU's WEEE and RoHS directives. Production costs of suppliers exporting to the EU are expected to escalate after the region's directives on recycling appliances, WEEE and RoHS, come into effect. While some EU member states have already implemented WEEE provisions on producer of electric appliances like electric frying pan, electric heater, electric iron and electric water heater responsibility for take-back, recycling and provision of financial guarantees, the RoHS directive will come into effect in July 2006. According to the WEEE directive, makers of electric appliances like electric frying pan, electric heater, electric iron and electric water heater need to redesign appliances so that they can be easily dismantled at recycling centers. It also requires manufacturers exporting to the EU to shoulder the recycling costs of their products, which could be higher than manufacturing costs in China since recycling centers will be maintained and operated in the EU, where salaries are much higher.