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The Kameyama Plant Environmentally Conscious
Sharp production site Nara
Location : Yamato-Koriyama, Nara
Site area : 121,433 m2
Employees : 2,815 (as of April 2008)
Started operation : March 1960
ISO14001 acquired : September 1996
Main products : Copiers, personal computers, LCD color monitors, electronic dictionaries, personal mobile tools

Environmental performance data (results in fiscal 2007)

INPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Energy Purchase of electricity (MWh) 82,479 87,159
Amount of solar power generation (MWh) 10 12
LPG (t) 300 127
Heavy oil (KL) 1,365 1,399
Water

Municipal water (km3)

435 638
Ground water (km3) 72 232
Total (km3) 507 869
Chemical substances (PRTR) Handled (kg) 5,212.8 3,531.8

OUTPUT

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

32,482

39,908
Water Drainage (km3) 484 867
Chemical substances (PRTR) released and transferred Released (t) 0.1 0.1
Transferred (t) 1.7 236.4
Waste Amount of waste (t)

1,173

1,453
Landfill disposal rate (%)* 0.11 0.12

Final landfill disposal as a percentage of waste, etc. generated, including valuable resources, in-house intermediate treatment, and recycled waste


Measurements for compliance requirements (results in fiscal 2006)

Air pollutant measurements

Emitting facility Substance Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations (perfectural) Sharp standard
Boiler Sox K value 17.5 1.0 0.21
Nox ppm 180 135 81
Soot and dust g/Nm3 0.1 0.05 0.006

Manufacturing-Water pollutant measurements (Water Pollution Control Law)

Substance affecting the community environment Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations Sharp standard
pH pH 5.8-8.6 6.0-8.4 6.7-7.2
BOD mg/l 25 15 2.0
COD mg/l 21.06 20 4.0
Suspended solid (SS) mg/l 90 10 11
n-Hexane extractives (mineral oil) mg/l 5 1 less than 1.0
Phenols mg/l 5 1 less than 0.1
Copper mg/l 3 0.3 0.06
Zinc mg/l 2 1 0.07
Dissolved iron mg/l 10 2 0.11
Dissolved manganese mg/l 10 1 1.00
Chromium mg/l 2 0.1 less than 0.05
Fluorine and its compounds mg/l 8 0.8 1
Coliform organisms Unit/mg 3,000 1,000 210
Total nitrogen mg/l 120 20 10.0
Total phosphorus mg/l 16 2 0.11
Cadmium and its compounds mg/l 0.01 0.005 less than 0.005
Cyanogen compound mg/l 1.0 0.1 less than 0.05
Lead and its compounds mg/l 0.1 0.01 less than 0.01
Arsenic and its compounds mg/l 0.05 0.01 less than 0.01
Fluoride and its compounds mg/l 0.005 0.0005 less than 0.0005
Boron and its compounds mg/l 10 1 0.3
Selenium and its compounds mg/l 0.1 0.005 less than 0.005
Benzene mg/l 0.1 0.001 less than 0.001
Dichloromethane mg/l 0.2 0.002 less than 0.002
Trichloroethylene mg/l 0.3 0.002 less than 0.002
Tetrachloroethylene mg/l 0.1 0.0005 less than 0.0005
Carbon tetrachloride mg/l 0.02 0.0002 less than 0.0002
1,2-Dichloroethane mg/l 0.04 0.0004 less than 0.0004
1,1,1-Trichloroethane mg/l 3.0 0.0005 less than 0.0005
Nitrate-nitrogen and Nitrite-nitrogen mg/l 100 15 4.2

Water pollutant measurements (Water Pollution Control Law)

Substance affecting the community environment Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations Sharp standard
pH pH 5.8-8.6 6.0-8.4 7.3-8.0
BOD mg/l 25 15 9.0
COD mg/l 50 20 16.0
Suspended solid (SS) mg/l 90 10 31
n-Hexane extractives (mineral oil) mg/l 30 2 less than 1
Coliform organisms unit/cm3 3,000 1,000 170
Total nitrogen mg/l 120 40 19
Total phosphrus mg/l 16 6 4.6

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
68 Chromium and its compounds 708 0 0 0 91 617 0 0
252 Arsenic and its inorganic compounds 996 0 0 0 485 48 338 125
283 Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble salts 3,509 15 77 0 1,167 0 2,250 0

Noise/vibration measurements

(Unit: dB)
Classification Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations
(prefectural)
Sharp standard
Noise Morning 50 50 49.0
Afternoon 60 60 58.0
Evening 50 50 49.0
Night 45 45 44.0
Vibration Day 60 60 54.0
Night 55 55 47.0

Malodorant substance measurements

(Unit: ppm)
Malodorant substance Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
By agreement (municipal) Sharp standard
Ammonia 5.0 0.10 0.07
hydrochloric acid - 0.10 0.03
butyl acetate 20 0.50 not over 0.1
4-methyl-2-pentanone 6 0.12 not over 0.02
toluene 60 1.20 not over 0.1
xylene 5 0.10 not over 0.02
1, 3, 5-Trimethyl benzene - 0.50 not over 0.1

COD, nitrogen, phosphorus emission

(Unit: kg)
Total pollutant load
COD 1,086
Nitrogen 886
Phosphorus 135
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