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Breakdown of substances requiring management

Breakdown of release/transfer of substances requiring management (global)

Results in fiscal 2007,release/transrer of Substances requiring management,10316tons,breakdown:,Key Reduction-target Substances2,4105tons,Key Reduction-target Substances1,3,847tons,Others substances,5364tons

Results of surveys on substances*1 requiring management, conducted by Panasonic and its group subsidiaries (global)

(In tons; numbers are rounded to one decimal place)
Chemical
substances		 PRTR category Handled Total amounts released and transferred Released
Released into air Released into public waterways Released into soil Landfill
Carbon dioxide   2,424.1 2,424.0 2,423.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Isopropyl alcohol   2,655.2 1,351.2 1,162.5 1.9 0.0 0.0
Silica   14,340.8 523.7 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Methyl ethyl ketone   5,584.1 404.1 366.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hydrochloric acid   10,894.0 403.2 76.9 3.9 0.0 0.0
Toluene 1 1,835.1 337.6 308.9 4.1 0.0 0.0
Ethanol   499.4 334.2 308.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Acetone   1,343.5 316.7 280.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
n-butyl acetate   819.4 316.3 310.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Manganese and its compounds 1 34,663.7 258.1 6.9 0.6 0.6 0.0
Xylenes 1 363.4 228.1 202.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Methanol   6,575.2 213.9 188.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
N,N-Dimethylformamide 1 3,538.9 186.4 172.1 2.6 0.0 0.0
Isobutane   242.1 164.4 164.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sulfuric acid   17,806.8 151.4 22.5 116.1 0.0 0.0
Propylene glycol monoethyl ether   2,254.3 147.3 141.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Styrene 1 5,998.6 143.9 135.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Boron and its compounds 1 3,189.0 141.0 0.4 4.5 0.0 0.0
Calcium hydrate   4,711.0 132.1 0.0 66.9 0.0 0.0
n-butanol   289.4 129.7 129.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other PRTR substances   92,080.5 585.8 223.9 86.0 0.0 0.0
Other substances   93,612.6 1,422.6 775.5 109.7 0.0 0.0
Total   305,721.1 10,315.6 7,410.9 396.3 0.6 0.0
(In tons; numbers are rounded to one decimal place)
Chemical
substances		 PRTR
category		 Transferred*2 Removed*3 Recycled*4 Shipped as products*5
Carbon dioxide   0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0
Isopropyl alcohol   183.5 168.7 1,034.1 104.5
Silica   511.1 1.6 2,712.3 11,103.1
Methyl ethyl ketone   38.0 4,668.3 374.2 137.4
Hydrochloric acid   322.5 4,428.2 5,844.5 218.1
Toluene 1 24.7 487.1 845.1 165.3
Ethanol   26.2 47.6 90.3 27.3
Acetone   36.1 317.5 581.3 128.0
n-butyl acetate   6.0 259.1 220.9 23.0
Manganese and its
compounds		 1 249.9 0.8 334.5 34,070.3
Xylenes 1 26.1 86.3 20.6 28.4
Methanol   32.2 3,176.7 743.0 2,435.3
N,N-
Dimethylformamide 		 1 11.8 3,081.2 193.4 77.9
Isobutane   0.3 0.0 0.0 77.6
Sulfuric acid   12.9 9,658.8 2,168.5 5,828.2
Propylene glycol
monoethyl ether		   6.2 1,742.4 324.5 40.1
Styrene 1 8.5 170.3 44.0 5,640.4
Boron and its
compounds		 1 136.1 0.7 1,153.8 1,893.5
Calcium hydrate   65.2 3,646.5 684.8 247.5
n-butanol   0.5 11.0 43.7 105.0
Other PRTR
substances		   286.3 1,079.2 5,915.2 84,489.9
Other substances   532.1 10,938.8 9,483.5 71,773.0
Total   2,516.2 43,970.9 32,812.3 218,614.0
  • *1 "Substances" include those listed in the Matsushita Group Chemical Substances Management Rank Guidelines (Version 3) covering all substances listed in the Japanese PRTR Law.
  • *2 "Transferred" includes the amount of substances transferred as waste, as well as wastewater discharges into the sewage system.
  • *3 "Removed" refers to the amount of substances converted into other substances through neutralization, decomposition, or other chemical treatment.
  • *4 "Recycled" includes paid recycling, as well as free (under the Waste Management Law) and any obligatory return recycling under contract. (Transferred amounts differ from those reported under the PRTR Law.)
  • *5 "Shipped as products" refers to the amount of substances that have been changed to other substances as a result of chemical reactions, and those that are contained in or accompanying products shipped out of factories.

Material balance of substances *1 requiring management (Japan)

Results in fiscal 2007, used 3055721 tons, transferred, note 2, 2516 tons, removed, note 3, 43971 tons, recycled, note 4, 32812 tons, sipped as products, note 5, 218614 tons, released into soil 1 tons, released into air 7411 tons, released into waterways 396 tons

  • *1 "Substances" include those listed in the Matsushita Group Chemical Substances Management Rank Guidelines (Version 3) covering all substances listed in the Japanese PRTR Law.
  • *2 "Transferred" includes the amount of substances transferred as waste, as well as wastewater discharges into the sewage system.
  • *3 "Removed" refers to the amount of substances converted into other substances through neutralization, decomposition, or other chemical treatment.
  • *4 "Recycled" includes paid recycling, as well as free (under the Waste Management Law) and any obligatory return recycling under contract. (Transferred amounts differ from those reported under the PRTR Law.)
  • *5 "Shipped as products" refers to the amount of substances that have been changed to other substances as a result of chemical reactions, and those that are contained in or accompanying products shipped out of factories.

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