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Site Production Sites  Sharp Takaya Electronics Industry Co., Ltd.
Location : Asakuchi, Okayama
Site area : 40,206 m2
Employees : 1,001 (as of March 31, 2008)
Started operation : April 1980
ISO14001 acquired : September 1999

Environmental performance data (results in fiscal 2007)

INPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Energy Electricity (MWh) 65,587 64,733
LPG (t) 22 24
Heavy oil, kerosene, gas oil, gasoline (KL) 408 459
Water Municipal water (km3) 218.4 211.8

OUTPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Greenhouse gas Amount of emissions (t-CO2) 28,058 27,850
Water Drainage (km3) 135.0 133.7
Waste Amount of waste (t) 686.1 604.5
Landfill disposal (%) 0.00 0.00

Measurements for compliance requirements (results in fiscal 2007)

Air pollutant measurements

Emitting facility Substance Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations
(national)
Sharp standard
Absorption water cooler and heater SOx Nm3/h 8.28 0.5 0.07
NOx ppm 180 100 73
Soot and dust g/Nm3 0.3 0.1 0.072

Water pollutant measurements (Water Pollution Control Law)

(1) Main plant

Substance Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations
(national)
Sharp standard
pH pH 5.8-8.6 6.0-8.4 7.3-7.9
BOD mg/l 30 10 15
Suspended solid (SS) mg/l 70 30 12
n-Hexane extractives (mineral oil) mg/l 5 2 Not detected
Coliform organisms Unit/mg 3,000 1,000 1,500
Total nitrogen mg/l 120 20 4.5
Total phosphorus mg/l 16 4 0.7

(2)Yakage Plant

Substance Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations
(national)
Sharp standard
pH pH 5.8-8.6 6.0-7.5 5.0-7.6
BOD mg/l 60 40 23
Suspended solid (SS) mg/l 120 60 26
n-Hexane extractives (mineral oil) mg/l 5 2 Not detected
Coliform organisms Unit/mg 3,000 500 100

PRTR totalization

(Unit: kg)
PRTR No. Chemical Handling quantity Release Transfer Consumption Removal Recycle
To atmosphere To public water area To sewage Out of site
25 Antimony and its compounds 603 0 0 0 378 225 0 0

Noise/vibration measurements

The company has no facilities specified under the Noise Regulation Law and the Vibration Regulation Law.

COD, nitrogen, phosphorus emission

(Unit: kg)
Substance Total pollutant load
COD 614
Nitrogen 126
Phosphrus 11
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