Resource Recycling

Recycling-Oriented Manufacturing

Our Company is promoting factory waste reduction (Zero emission) to realize recycling-oriented society.

Factory Waste Reduction (Zero Emission)

From the viewpoint of effective use of resources, by reducing amount of factory waste and increasing amount of recovering valuables and resources recycled, we are working to eliminate amount of landfill*1 to as close to zero.
We achieved 99.5 ％ of the factory waste recycling rate*2 in fiscal 2021.
We continues activities to improve factory waste recycling rate and promote zero emission*3 in fiscal 2022.

[Definition]
*1 Amount of landfill = Amount of waste disposed at landfill site
*2 Factory waste recycling rate = Amount of resources recycled / (Amount of resources recycled + Amount of landfill)
*3 Zero emission = Factory waste recycling rate: 99% or higher(Definition by Panasonic)

Initiatives for Factory Waste Reduction

We are promoting following measures for waste reduction on global basis, reducing waste.

  1. Improvement in productivity of process equipment
  2. Improvement in yield ratio
  3. Reuse of liquid medicine and resin
  4. Recovering valuables from waste
  5. Holding Network Event for Waste Reduction and Recovering Valuables from Waste to share case examples
This photo shows the site confirmation of waste management activities at the factory in Singapore.
On-site inspection of waste management in Singapore

Plastic Resource Initiatives

Our company is working to improve the recycling of plastic waste (waste plastics) generated from business activities.

■Trends in plastic waste in Japan

Year

FY2017

FY2018

FY2019

FY2020

FY2021

Amount generated (t)

6,359

6,731

6,316

5,575

6,053

Amount recycled (t)

5,174

5,555

5,132

4,383

5,143

Final disposal volume (t)

11.1

8.2

9.1

241.1

155.9

Recycling rate of waste plastic(%)

99.79

99.85

99.82

94.79

97.06

Factory recycling rate Goal (%)

99.0 or more

Our company generates more than 6,000 tons of waste plastic annually from its business sites in Japan.The amount of plastic waste decreased in fiscal 2020 due to the impact of production declines caused by the novel coronavirus.The recycling rate for waste plastics has fallen below the target of 99.0% since fiscal 2020.This is due to the global ban on waste imports, which has led to an increase in the amount of waste plastic being disposed of domestically. We are currently in the process of converting to recycling and trading for value, and we expect to exceed 99.0% in fiscal 2022.