Initiatives to Reduce Waste Material
Waste Reduction Target
Riding on the increase in efforts to promote a circular economy, since FY2022, we have set specific numerical targets for waste emissions and are working to reduce the amount of waste generated and achieve zero waste emissions.
Waste reduction target : Reduce total waste emissions intensity by 1% from the previous year.
＊ Note: Targets are Head Office, Sagamihara Factory,and Hosoe Factory sites)
Reducing the Total Waste Emissions Intensity
In FY2024, we reduced total waste emissions intensity by 6.3% at each of the factories and 2.1% at the Head Office. We will continue our efforts to reduce waste emissions.
* Intensity Head Office: Total waste emissions/number of employees,
Factories: Total waste emissions/production output
Subdivision of dry battery separation (Sagamihara Factory)
Promoting Waste Plastic Recycling
Waste plastic emissions at two locations, the Head Office and the Hosoe Factory, increased in FY2024. The main cause was likely an increase in waste accompanying production activities. We will continue to promote thorough sorting and strive to recycle and reduce plastic waste.
Recycling of Employee Uniforms
We have been participating in a uniform recycling collection service from FY2024.
Uniforms that can no longer be reused within the company are recycled through an external collection service.
In FY2024, we sent out a total of 19 kg for collection.
Efforts to Convert Waste Cooking Oil into Resources
We are moving forward with initiatives to recycle waste cooking oil produced by the cafeterias at three sites,
the Head Office, Sagamihara Factory, and Hosoe Factory, as resources such as biodiesel fuel by using a collection service.
In FY2024, a total of 1,104 L of waste cooking oil was handed over to the collection service from the three sites.
Refurbishing of Lease Products
As a part of sustainability management, we started selling a “HAPiiBOT robotic floor scrubber rental pack”
as a new lease product that combines the concepts of renting and the circular economy, targeting environmentally conscious customers.
In cooperation with Mizuho Leasing Company, Limited, we established a system to refurbish or reuse HAPiiBOTs after their leases have expired and
use them as secondary rental equipment. Through this business, we are working to reduce waste.
