A large number of discarded household appliances are not reasonable disposal has become a major problem in China's social economy and environment.Building efficient,safety,waste appliance reverse logistics system of the environmental protection is to follow the trend of sustainable development and circular economy.This paper reviews the advances in the period 2006~2013 the waste appliance reverse logistics research,logistics strategy layer,system layer,operation based on three levels,one by one of the documents were classified and comparative analysis,to summarize the research results and deficiencies,for our country to establish a complete waste appliance reverse logistics system as soon as possible to provide direction.