The study of Terazono (2008) on the other hand shows that
in 2007 alone 467,700 units of second hand television sets were imported from Japan to the Philippines, approximately 30-50% of them are in “good condition”, and 50-70% are
malfunctioning that requires refurbishing and reconditioning to be sold at the second hand
market for 1/3 the price of a brand new television (Terazono, 2008). According to the
definition used in the study of Peralta and Fontanos (2006), most second hand electronic
products imported in the country may be categorically considered as WEEE and obsolete
items.