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1. Recycling Status
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Unit |
Air
conditioners |
TVs |
Refrigerators,
freezers |
Washing
machines |
| Recycling rate |
% |
89 |
87 |
75 |
84 |
| Legally required recycling rates |
% |
60 |
55 |
50 |
50 |
| Units collected from designated collection sites |
thousand units |
187 |
511 |
318 |
367 |
| Processed units |
thousand units |
185 |
499 |
318 |
366 |
| Processed weight |
tons |
7,684 |
14,427 |
18,247 |
11,756 |
| Recycled weight |
tons |
6,901 |
12,576 |
13,696 |
9,924 |
Note: Figures are rounded off to the nearest whole number
2. Weight of Recycled Materials
(unit: tons)
| |
Air
conditioners |
TVs |
Refrigerators,
freezers |
Washing
machines |
| Iron |
1,822 |
1,697 |
7,425 |
4,851 |
| Copper |
463 |
580 |
226 |
191 |
| Aluminum |
1,134 |
7 |
52 |
58 |
| Ferrous/nonferrous compounds |
2,645 |
37 |
2,697 |
1,862 |
| CRT glass |
- |
7,100 |
- |
- |
| Other valuable resources* |
834 |
3,152 |
3,294 |
2,960 |
| Total tonnage |
6,901 |
12,576 |
13,696 |
9,924 |
Note: Figures are rounded off to the nearest whole number
*Plastics, etc.
Recycling component ratio of materials for the four home appliances
3. Amount of Fluorocarbons Used as Refrigerants (Collected, Shipped and Destroyed)
(unit: kg)
| |
Air
conditioners |
Refrigerators, freezers |
| Refrigerant fluorocarbons collected |
108,791 |
34,920 |
| Refrigerant fluorocarbons shipped to destruction contractors |
108,607 |
34,929 |
| Refrigerant fluorocarbons destroyed |
108,172 |
34,966 |
4. Amount of Fluorocarbons included in Insulation (Collected, Shipped
and Destroyed)
(unit: kg)
| |
Air
conditioners |
Refrigerators, freezers |
| Fluorocarbons contained in insulation material liquefied and collected |
- |
64,176 |
| Fluorocarbons contained in insulation material liquefied, collected and shipped to destruction contractors |
- |
64,196 |
| Fluorocarbons contained in insulation material liquefied, collected and destroyed |
- |
61,834 |
- The difference in the weight collected and shipped is the amount of inventory.
- The amount shipped and destroyed include those for fiscal 2006.
- The difference in the weight shipped and destroyed is due to a time lag in the reporting of the disposal.
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Business-Use
Home-Use |
Amount collected (kg) |
Amount collected (units) |
Amount recycled
(kg) |
Actual
amount
reused
(kg) |
Recycling rate
(%)*1 |
Legally required
recycling rates
(%)*2 |
| Desktop PCs |
Business-use |
569.20 |
51 |
5,881 |
4,810 |
81.8 |
50 |
| Home-use |
5,312.20 |
476 |
| Total |
5,881.40 |
527 |
| Notebook PCs |
Business-use |
1,080.50 |
441 |
11,728 |
8,192 |
69.8 |
20 |
| Home-use |
10,647.70 |
4,346 |
| Total |
11,728.20 |
4,787 |
| CRT monitors |
Business-use |
146.50 |
12 |
7,582 |
5,131 |
67.7 |
55 |
| Home-use |
7,435.90 |
609 |
| Total |
7,582.40 |
621 |
| LCD monitors |
Business-use |
1,107.60 |
260 |
6,198 |
5,367 |
86.6 |
55 |
| Home-use |
5,090.70 |
1,195 |
| Total |
6,198.30 |
1,455 |
*1 Amount of reusable components and resources derived from recycled used products.
*2 Ratio of reusable resources targeted for achievement by the end of fiscal 2003 (in line with the Japanese Law for Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources).
Sharp is a member of the Japan Portable rechargeable Battery
Recycling Center (JBRC) and takes part in the JBRC's system for the collection
of used rechargeable batteries.
In fiscal 2007, the JBRC collected approximately 1,378 tons of used batteries.
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