Overview of Recycling of Specified Home Appliances (Japan)

Last Update: May 25, 2012

This is the sum total recycled by Panasonic Corporation during fiscal 2012 (from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012) in accordance with the Law for Recycling of Specified Kinds of Home Appliances.

Overview of recycled four end-of-life products

Numbers after the decimal point are truncated.

	Air conditioner	TV		Refrigerator /Freezer	Washing machine /Clothes dryer
	Air conditioner	CRT	LCD/PDP	Refrigerator /Freezer	Washing machine /Clothes dryer
Collected units at designated collection points [1,000 units]	363	1,658	71	556	678
Treated units for recycling and others [1,000 units]	378	2,297	77	557	676
Treated amount for recycling and others [tons]	16,166	64,398	1,253	35,692	24,077
Weight of recycled units [tons]	13,940	52,053	974	27,967	19,888
Recycling rate [%]	86	80	77	78	82

Note: "Treated units for recycling" and "Treated amount for recycling" refer to the total (volume and weight) of waste electric appliances that have been treated for recycling in fiscal 2012.
"Collected units at designated collection points" and "Treated units for recycling" do not include units in case the manufacturer responsible for recycling, etc. has not been identified due to inputting error in manifests and for other reasons.

Overview of the recycled parts and materials

Total weight of the recycled parts and materials which are transferable to those who use it as parts or materials of product for a fee or free of charge.

Unit: tons, decimals truncated.

	Air conditioner	TV		Refrigerator /Freezer	Washing machine /Clothes dryer
	Air conditioner	CRT	LCD/Plasma	Refrigerator /Freezer	Washing machine /Clothes dryer
Iron	5,543	5,509	470	16,140	10,946
Copper	1,122	1,951	17	369	307
Aluminum	958	72	49	13	325
Mixture including ferrous or non-ferrous materials	4,897	818	17	3,521	2,712
CRT glass	-	30,762	-	-	-
Other valuable materials	1,419	12,937	419	7,923	5,595
Total weight	13,940	52,053	974	27,967	19,888

Note: "Other valuable materials" are plastics, etc.

Breakdown of recycled materials by specified home appliance

[FIGURE]Breakdown of collected materials by product family

Weights of collected, shipped, and destroyed refrigerant fluorocarbons

Unit: kg, decimals truncated.

	Air conditioner	Refrigerator /Freezer	Washing machine /Clothes dryer
Weight of collected refrigerant fluorocarbons	231,986	53,031	818
Weight of refrigerant fluorocarbons shipped to consigned destroying companies	229,082	52,176	805
Weight of destroyed refrigerant fluorocarbons	227,977	51,596	786

Weights of liquified and collected, shipped, and destroyed fluorocarbons from insulation materials

Unit: kg, decimals truncated.

	Refrigerator /Freezer
Weight of fluorocarbons liquefied and collected from insulation materials	103,220
Weight of fluorocarbons shipped to consigned destroying companies after liquefied and collected from insulation materials	101,118
Weight of destroyed fluorocarbons after liquefied and collected from insulation materials	96,869

Note: Difference between weight of shipped fluorocarbons and weight of collected fluorocarbons is backlog.
Weight of shipped fluorocarbons and weight of destroyed fluorocarbons partly include weight of fiscal 2011.
Difference between weight of shipped fluorocarbons and weight of destroyed fluorocarbons is due to time-lag of destruction reporting.

Related information

SANYO Electric Co., Ltd: Overview of Recycling of Specified Home Appliances (Japanese only)

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