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Overview of Recycling for Specified Home Appliances

This is the sum total recycled by Panasonic Corporation during fiscal 2008 (from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008) in accordance with the Law for Recycling of Specified Kinds of Home Appliances.

Overview of recycled 4 end-of-life products

Numbers after the decimal point are truncated.
Air conditioner TV Refrigerator
/Freezer		 Washing machine
Collected units at designated collection points [1,000 units] *1 280 891 543 583
Treated units for recycling [1,000 units]*1*2 278 887 544 582
Treated amount for recycling and others[tons]*2 11,979 27,195 33,195 19,600
Weight of recycled units [tons] 10,035 22,940 23,161 15,465
Recycling rate [%] 83 84 69 78
  • *1 “Collected units at designated collection points” and "Treated units for recycling" do not include units in case the manufacturer responsible for recycling has not been determined due to misentries in manifests and for other reasons.
  • *2 “Treated units for recycling” and “Treated amount for recycling” refer to the total (volume and weight) of waste electric appliance that have been treated for recycling in fiscal 2008.

Overview of the recycled parts and materials

Total weight of the recycled parts and materials transferable for a fee or free of charge.

  Air conditioner TV Refrigerator
/Freezer		 Washing machine
Iron 4,790 2,268 15,381 9,044
Copper 871 885 427 174
Aluminum 632 14 21 173
Mixture including ferrous or non-ferrous materials 3,058 468 3,022 2,122
CRT glass - 14,451 - -
Other by-products with value*3 681 4,851 4,309 3,950
Total weight 10,035 22,940 23,161 15,465
  • *3 "Other by-products with value" refer to other plastics, etc.

Breakdown of collected materials by product family

[FIGURE]Breakdown of collected materials by product family

Weights of collected, shipped, and destroyed refrigerant fluorocarbons

Unit: kg, decimals truncated.
Air conditioner Refrigerator
/Freezer
Weight of collected coolant fluorocarbons 155,026 59,449
Weight shipped to consigned destroying companies of coolant fluorocarbons 154,231 58,224
Weight of destroyed coolant fluorocarbons 153,455 57,689

Weights of fluorocarbons liquefied and collected from heat insulation shipped and then destroyed

Unit: kg, decimals truncated.
Refrigerator
/Freezer
Weight of fluorocarbons liquefied and collected from heat insulation 126,834
Weight of fluorocarbons liquefied and collected from heat insulation, then shipped to consigned destroying companies 124,148
Weight of fluorocarbons liquefied and collected from heat insulation, then destroyed 121,282

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