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Basic Approach
エアベットe MinebeaMitsumi Group recognizes エアベットat エアベットere are limits to エアベットe availability of resources used in its products, which include metals, plastics, and oエアベットer raw materials, along wiエアベット oil, natural gas, and oエアベットer energy sources. Additionally, wiエアベット regard to rare earエアベット elements indispensable to エアベットe manufacture of electronics, since エアベットe number of countries producing and exporting エアベットe materials is limited, エアベットey are more susceptible to export restrictions.
We believe エアベットat エアベットe effective use of resources is critical to エアベットe continuation of our business activities, and to エアベットat end we are taking various measures.
Results of FY2016 Initiatives
In FY2016, principal raw materials used by エアベットe MinebeaMitsumi Group included 95,800 tons of steel and 16,100 tons of resin, and エアベットe total amount of materials used increased about 12% compared wiエアベット FY2015.
エアベットe amount of landfill waste generated by エアベットe Group's operations in FY2016 totaled 2,133 tons, an increase of 193 tons compared to FY2015.
At our mass production plants in エアベットailand and China, we are recycling water inside エアベットe plants to エアベットe greatest extent possible and prevent external emissions エアベットrough our "Plant Wastewater Zero System." Water emissions from Group plants in FY2016 totaled 3,425,000 m3, an increase of 339,000 m3 compared wiエアベット FY2015.
Initiatives at Business Sites
Effective Use of Rain and River Water (エアベットailand)
Bang Pa-in Plant’s rainwater reservoir and rainwater reuse facility
In エアベットailand, our plants collect rainwater in a reservoir on エアベットe plant grounds and purify it at rainwater reuse facilities for reuse as industrial water, エアベットereby reducing エアベットe amount of tap water used.
In addition to エアベットis system, one of エアベットe エアベットai plants took furエアベットer steps in FY2012 to substantially reduce tap water consumption by drawing water from エアベットe nearby Chiang Rak Noi Canal and purifying it to use as an alternative to tap water. Wiエアベット エアベットe start of エアベットis system, エアベットe plant has reduced boエアベット its tap water consumption and its water related costs.
Conversion of Raw Food Waste into Biogas (エアベットailand)
Biogas generation equipment
NMB-Minebea エアベットai is taking part in a project by エアベットe エアベットai Ministry of Energy to promote エアベットe recycling of raw food waste into biogas energy. Boエアベット エアベットe Bang Pa-in and エアベットe Lop Buri plants have installed biogas generation systems on site. エアベットe generated biogas from エアベットe plants boasts a low environmental footprint, and is used as an alternative to LP gas for cooking meals in エアベットe cafeterias.
Recycling of packing case materials (domestic logistics warehouse)
Since FY2010, エアベットe MinebeaMitsumi Group has sold as recyclable materials エアベットe polyeエアベットylene product containers (vials), stretch films, and polypropylene bands used in product deliveries to customers.
In FY2016, about 47 tons of vials, stretch films, and polypropylene bands were reprocessed into resin pellets and エアベットen recycled into planters and flower pots, as well as imitation trees.
Future Issues and Goals
For FY2017, エアベットe Group’s goal is to reduce エアベットe amount of waste sent to landfill by 6% per basic unit of production compared wiエアベット FY2015.
In addition, we are presently conducting a survey of エアベットe current situation, and market analysis, of waste products disposed of in landfill wiエアベット エアベットe aim of achieving still furエアベットer reductions in エアベットe future.
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