Green Products - Packaging Materials

Panasonic has been implementing the following measures for the proper use of packaging materials: to reduce the use of cardboard and foamed polystyrene materials; reuse packaging materials for transportation between its factories; adopt packaging materials made 100% from used newspapers, light-weight paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, and blister packs made from biomass plastics, and to improve the load efficiency in transportation. Since 2002, however, our total use of packaging materials has been increasing due to an increase in the number of products produced outside Japan and brought into Japan and the introduction and increased sales of large-sized heavy products such as plasma TVs and tilted-drum washer/dryers, for which a lot of packaging materials are required. In response, we are making efforts to curb the increased use of packaging materials by such measures as improving the product strength and by selecting and designing appropriate buffer materials for each product item.

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• Use of packaging materials (for products sold in Japan)
• Measures to reduce the use of foamed polystyrene