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The Kameyama Plant Environmentally Conscious
Sharp production site Katsuragi
Location : Katsuragi, Nara
Site area : 73,905 m2
Employees : 1,259 (as of March 31, 2008)
Started operation : March 1981
ISO14001 acquired : June 1996
Main products : Solar cells, optoelectronics

Environmental performance data (results in fiscal 2007)

INPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Energy Purchase of electricity (MWh) 111,136 121,902
Amount of solar power generation (MWh) 150 164
LPG (t) 1,235 1,659
Water

Municipal water (km3)

696 789
Chemical substances (PRTR) Handled (t) 84 102

OUTPUT

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

49,271

54,956
Water Drainage (km3) 495 589
Chemical substances (PRTR) Released (t) 0.1 0.1
Transferred (t) 28 35
Waste Amount of waste (t)

1,045

1,446
Landfill disposal rate (%) 0.18 0.24

Measurements for compliance requirements (results in fiscal 2007)

Air pollutant measurements

Emitting facility Substance Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value
(max.)
Regulations
(municipal)
Sharp
standard
Gas-powered freezer NOx ppm 150 120 65
Soot and dust g/Nm3 0.10 0.08 0.0039

Water pollutant measurements (Water Pollution Control)

Substance affecting the community environment Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value
(max.)
Regulations
(sewerage regulation)
Sharp
standard
pH pH 5.0-9.0 5.0-9.0 7.5
BOD mg/l 1500 mg/L (5 days) 480 130
Suspended solid (SS) mg/l 1,500 1,200 17
n-Hexane extractives (mineral oil) mg/l 5 4 1.3
Zinc mg/l 2 1.8 0.081
Dissolved iron mg/l 10 - 0.59
Dissolved manganese mg/l 10 - 0.089
Total nitrogen mg/l 240 200 11
Total phosphorus mg/l 32 30 0.68
Fluoride and its compounds mg/l 8 8 4.5
Boron and its compounds mg/l 10 8 Less than 0.2
Nitrate-nitrogen and nitrite-nitrogen mg/l 380 350 21

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
40 Ethylbenzene 865 23 0 0 346 0 496 0
63 Xylene 3,528 95 0 0 1,411 0 2,022 0
64 Silver and its compownds 40,078 0 0 0 0 34,066 0 6,012
224 1, 3, 5-Trimethyl benzene 815 22 0 0 326 0 467 0
230 Lead and its compounds 3,301 0 0 0 198 3,103 0 0
283 Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble salts 35,289 0 0 1,638 24,192 0 9,459 0

Noise/vibration measurements

(Unit: dB)
Classification Maximum permissible quantity Measured value
(max.)
Regulations
(municipal)
Sharp
standard
Noise Morning 65 64 50
Afternoon 70 67 51
Evening 65 64 51
Night 55 54 49
Vibration Day 65 52 31
Night 60 48 31

COD, nitrogen, phosphorus emission

(Unit: kg)
Measured value (max.)
Nitrogen 3,236
Phosphorus 163
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