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Product Recycling - Recycling Waste Electronic Products

Efficient recycling of home appliances through the use of existing infrastructure

In 2001, the Japanese government enacted the Law for Recycling of Specified Kinds of Home Appliances, applicable to the four particular product categories. In response, Panasonic has built a geographically dispersed recycling network through the effective use of the existing recycling facilities nationwide. Ecology Net Co., Ltd., established mainly by Panasonic, totally manages and operates the recycling scheme, including 190 designated collection sites and 35 recycling facilities, on behalf of manufacturers in the same group which concluded contracts. In fiscal 2007 Matsushita Eco Technology Center Co., Ltd. (METEC) recycled approximately 670,000 units. Recycling technologies developed at METEC are shared by the recycling facilities of the Group. Panasonic, in turn, makes use of the data obtained by METEC in researching and designing products that are easy to recycle. Another major activity of METEC is making its facilities open to the public, and by doing so, METEC has attracted about 58,000 visitors from all around the world during the six years since its inception.

Panasonic's home appliance recycling system in Japan

Using maps, we checked retail shops across the country that are designated as reception points for end-of-use products and established a network of 190 optimally located receiving places plus 35 recycling plants. This ecological network accepts and treats multiple manufacturers' items and balances the system according to the amount of collected used products.

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