As a traditional custom of the Spring Festival, setting off firecrackers is as popular as sticking Spring Festival couplets. If you don’t listen to a few firecrackers during the New Year, you always feel that there is no flavor of the year. However, setting off fireworks and firecrackers has many hazards to personal safety and ecological environment. After the ban, in order to increase the flavor of the year, recyclable electronic firecrackers came into being, and many e-commerce platforms began to recommend this kind of "New Year goods". The reporter’s investigation found that although this kind of "New Year’s goods" earned enough attention, it also concealed mystery.
Shopping mall hangs up
Recycling adds flavor to the new year
On February 14th, in Yuehui Shopping Mall, Shibei District, Qingdao, Shandong Province, the reporter saw that six strings of firecrackers had been hung at the door, which was full of Chinese New Year’s atmosphere. When you look closely, you can see that there is a speaker under the top blessing, which will play realistic firecrackers after being turned on. This is the most common electronic firecrackers.
"Now Qingdao is forbidden to whip, and putting this in the New Year can be lively and environmentally friendly." Yuehui staff revealed to reporters that these firecrackers have been used since last year. "Anyway, they are battery-powered and can be recycled."
Electronic firecrackers are hung at the entrance of Yuehui Shopping Mall.
Firecrackers are a symbol of good fortune. During festivals, the sound of firecrackers is deafening, sparks are flying and everyone’s heart is surging. After the implementation of the ban on burning in Qingdao on January 1, 2020, there are no more sales points for fireworks and firecrackers in the urban area. For occasions where there is demand, electronic firecrackers can meet it.
There are three kinds of electronic firecrackers commonly seen in the market. One is the lightning simulation electronic firecrackers, which has vivid sound, flash, no gunpowder, no pollution and can be reused. This one is the most common. Second, recording firecrackers, playing firecrackers recorded in the chip through audio decoding; The third is the electronic firecracker, which uses the mixed fuel of gas and oxygen, making a loud noise, just like gunpowder firecrackers, but there are potential safety hazards when the mixed gas is ignited. For consumers, the first two are safe, environmentally friendly and practical.
The reporter searched for electronic firecrackers on the e-commerce platform and found that the main selling point of almost all merchants is "loud", such as "super loud noise" and "realistic sound", and the second selling point mentioned is "recyclable". The biggest difference between electronic firecrackers and traditional firecrackers is that they are not disposable products, but can be used repeatedly with electricity. For some businesses, festivals, opening and housewarming can be used to create lively scenes.
E-commerce sales are hot
"Safety and environmental protection" becomes a selling point
At present, electronic firecrackers are mainly sold on e-commerce platforms. In short video platforms such as Tik Tok and Aauto Quicker, many merchants will take short videos or bring goods live. "Friends will celebrate the New Year soon. Are your firecrackers ready? There is no shooting in the Spring Festival, and there is no taste in the New Year. " In the live broadcast room of Tik Tok platform, in the room where electronic firecrackers and cardboard boxes were piled up, a seller tried his best to show his products, swinging up and down with the festive electronic firecrackers.
During the Spring Festival, many sellers make money online through short videos. The seller claims that this product is "safe and environmentally friendly" and "tasteful". In order to prove its security, many videos released by sellers are shot indoors. The reporter saw on the Tik Tok platform that nearly half of the 137 videos released by a seller with 150,000 fans were showing electronic firecrackers.
A merchant on the network platform is displaying electronic firecrackers.
Press the switch, the colored lights will flash, accompanied by crackling firecrackers. It seems that the carefree and jubilant Spring Festival will come back when I was a child.
Online sales are booming, but in the offline market, electronic firecrackers are rare. The reporter observed in some supermarkets in the island city that most of the Spring Festival decorative goods are lantern pendants and blessing stickers, and there are no electronic firecrackers. In the wholesale market, we can see that some merchants sell simulated electronic firecrackers, and their propaganda words are mostly "environmental protection", "safety" and "reuse".
There are no electronic firecrackers in the Spring Festival decorative goods area of a large supermarket in Shibei District of Qingdao.
Remediation of cold fireworks
Security risks can not be ignored.
Most of the e-commerce platforms promote simulated firecrackers that make sounds, but many sellers sell another kind of electronic firecrackers that receive cold light fireworks.
It is understood that an electronic firecracker that can emit cold light fireworks appears on the market at present, and it is also labeled as "safe and environmentally friendly" and "not restricted by prohibition". The cold light fireworks placed by electronic firecrackers do not need an open flame to ignite, just turn on the power supply. When electrified, the current increases and the temperature rises rapidly, thus igniting the fireworks. The internal ignition point of cold light fireworks is more than 600 degrees Celsius, while the external ignition point is only 50 to 60 degrees Celsius, which is easy to give people an illusion. You can touch it with your hands. In fact, your hands will be burned after more than two seconds. And the cold light fireworks sold are mostly "three no" products, and there are also hidden risks in transportation and storage.
Electronic firecrackers seem harmless, but are they really safe?
On February 14th, the State Council Security Committee Office and Emergency Management Department issued a message to bring cold light fireworks into the management of fireworks and firecrackers, and centralized clean-up and rectification of illegal online sales.
In view of the rise of cold light fireworks, the the State Council Safety Committee Office and the Emergency Management Department emphasized that although the flame temperature of cold light fireworks is low and there is less smoke, the temperature of the jet is still as high as 700-800℃, which can burn people and ignite articles. As fireworks, the basic attributes of its inflammable and explosive dangerous goods have not changed. When producing, managing, storing and transporting cold light fireworks, we must still strictly abide by the provisions on the safety management of fireworks and firecrackers, and must obtain corresponding safety licenses. It is strictly forbidden to produce and sell in any form in disguise. All localities should incorporate luminescent fireworks into the management of fireworks and firecrackers, strengthen safety supervision and strengthen law enforcement inspection, especially focus on cleaning up and rectifying illegal online sales of luminescent fireworks, and effectively eliminate regulatory blind spots. When setting off cold light fireworks, we should also take safety measures that are generally applicable to fireworks and firecrackers. It is strictly forbidden to set off fireworks indoors and in any place where fireworks and firecrackers are prohibited, so as to prevent fires and other accidents caused by incorrect discharge methods.
Electronic firecrackers can’t be sold as soon as they want, let alone released as soon as they want, and their safety can’t be ignored. According to firefighters, consumers buy cold fireworks from the Internet and put them at home. Once they are ignited by open flames and other conditions, the consequences are unimaginable. Therefore, consumers should be cautious about the selling point of "safety and environmental protection" advertised by businesses.
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