Clean Factories - Reducing Waste from Factories

We achieved a 33% reduction in total waste arisings per unit of sales relative to the fiscal 2001 level against our target of 12%. Absolute total waste arisings increased in Japan due to full-fledged operations at the Amagasaki plant of Matsushita Plasma Display Co., Ltd., while it decreased in Asia and Oceania due to the closure of cathode-ray tube factories and in China and Northeast Asia through packaging material rationalization efforts. These measures resulted in a total reduction of waste arisings by about 14,000 tons. As a result, overall global waste arisings decreased by 5% from the fiscal 2006 level.

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• Reducing absolute waste generation
• Zero waste emissions
• IT-based waste management
• Total waste arisings
• Treatment and results of total waste arisings (Japan)
• Amount of in-house circulating resources(global)
• (Japan)Vigorous reduction in the use of cardboard packaging
• (Indonesia)Reusing wooden pallets for the transportation of refrigerators