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Sharp production site Hiroshima
Location : Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Site area : 128,000 m2
Employees : 1,590 (as of April 1, 2008)
Started operation : June 1967
ISO14001 acquired : September 1995
Main products : Mobile phones, facsimiles, telephones

Environmental performance data (results in fiscal 2007)

INPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Energy Purchase of electricity (MWh) 11,506 11,154
Amount of solar power generation (MWh) 99 95
LPG (t) 33 32
Heavy oil, kerosene, gas oil, gasoline (KL) 234 226
Water Municipal water (km3) 49 42
Ground water (km3) 14 14
Total (km3) 63 57

OUTPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Greenhouse gases Amount of emissions
(t-CO2)

5,450

5,282
Water Drainage (km3) 57 51
Waste Amount of waste (t) 54 57
Landfill disposal rate (%) 0.14 0.18

Measurements for compliance requirements (results in fiscal 2007)

Air pollutant measurements

Emitting facility Substance Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value
(max.)
Regulations
(prefectural)
Sharp
standard
Hot/cold-water generator SOx m3/h 3.3 0.9 0.08
NOx ppm 180 140 65
Soot and dust g/Nm3 0.30 0.06 0.001

Water pollutant measurements (Water Pollution Control Law)

Because the Hiroshima site connected to the public sewage system in January 2005 and disposed of septic tanks, there are no items covered by water quality measurements.

PRTR totalization

No PRTR-designated substances have 500 kg or more handling quantity.

Noise/vibration measurements

(Unit: dB)
Classification Maximum permissible quantity Measured value
(max.)
Regulations
(national)
Sharp
standard
Noise Morning 70 68 49
Afternoon 70 68 54
Evening 70 68 57
Night 60 58 47

Malodorant substance measurements

(Unit: ppm)
Malodorant
substance
Maximum permissible quantity Measured value
(max.)
Regulations
(prefectural)
Sharp
standard
Ammonia - 0.8 Not detected
Methyl mercaptan - 0.001 Not detected
Hydrogen sulfide - 0.01 Not detected
Methyl sulfide - 0.005 Not detected
Dimethyl disulfide - 0.006 Not detected

COD, nitrogen, phosphorus emission

No emission of COD, nitrogen or phosphorus to the lakes or seas for which emission standards are instituted.

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