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Environmental Data: Collection and Recycling

State of Collection and Recycling of PCs

In April 2001, new provisions in the "Law for the Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources" were enacted, requiring that used PCs from business establishments be collected and recycled by manufacturers. Subsequently in October 2003, the additional responsibility of collecting and recycling used home PCs was placed on manufacturers.
The total number of desktop and laptop PCs and CRT and LCD displays we collected in FY 2012 amounted to approximately 199,000 units, resulting in a 6.8% increase over the previous year.

Desktop PCs

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   FY2011  
Business Home Total
Weight of Collected Units (kg) (Note 1) 361,909 453,430 815,339
Number of Collected Units (Note 1) 38,338 40,123 78,461
Recycled Amount (kg) 642,128
Weight of Reused Resources (kg) 502,964
Resource Reuse Rate (%) (Note2) 78.3

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   FY2012  
Business Home Total
Weight of Collected Units (kg) (Note 1) 283,252 454,641 737,893
Number of Collected Units (Note 1)   29,383  40,775 70,158
Recycled Amount (kg) 581,964 
Weight of Reused Resources (kg) 455,501 
Resource Reuse Rate (%) (Note2) 78.3 
Laptop PCs

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   FY2011  
Business Home Total
Weight of Collected Units (kg) (Noet 1 65,124 134,984 200,108
Number of Collected Units (Noet 1) 22,719 29,249 51,968
Recycled Amount (kg) 136,252  
Weight of Reused Resources (kg) 62,129  
Resource Reuse Rate (%) (Note 2) 45.6  

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   FY2012  
Business Home Total
Weight of Collected Units (kg) (Noet 1) 67,399 145,267 212,666
Number of Collected Units (Noet 1) 22,847 31,801 54,648
Recycled Amount (kg) 156,281  
Weight of Reused Resources (kg) 79,216  
Resource Reuse Rate (%) (Note 2) 50.7  
CRT Displays

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   FY2011  
Business Home Total
Weight of Collected Units (kg) (Noet 1) 78,685 225,500 304,185
Number of Collected Units (Noet 1) 5,441 13,417 18,858
Recycled Amount (kg) 304,185  
Weight of Reused Resources (kg) 209,545  
Resource Reuse Rate (%) (Note 2) 68.9  

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   FY2012  
Business Home Total
Weight of Collected Units (kg) (Noet 1) 60,390 178,998 239,388
Number of Collected Units (Noet 1) 4,226 10,750 14,976
Recycled Amount (kg) 239,388  
Weight of Reused Resources (kg) 170,277  
Resource Reuse Rate (%) (Note 2) 71.1  
LCDs

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   FY2011  
Business Home Total
Weight of Collected Units (kg) (Noet 1) 156,777 370,115 526,892
Number of Collected Units (Noet 1) 31,302 32,687 63,989
Recycled Amount (kg) 388,222  
Weight of Reused Resources (kg) 258,646  
Resource Reuse Rate (%) (Note 2) 66.6  

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   FY2012  
Business Home Total
Weight of Collected Units (kg) (Noet 1) 156,243 465,221 621,464
Number of Collected Units (Noet 1) 21,255 37,829 59,084
Recycled Amount (kg) 474,098  
Weight of Reused Resources (kg) 336,413  
Resource Reuse Rate (%) (Note 2) 71.0  

Note 1: "Weight of Collected Units" and "Number of Collected Units" include product reuse (repurchased PCs).
Note 2: denominator: total weight of collected units (excluding product reuse) numerator: weight of items reused as second-hand reused parts (units) and as materials such as iron, copper, aluminum, precious metal, glass and plastic

Used-Product Collection and Recycling Rates

chart: Used-Product Collection and Recycling Rates

Reuse of Parts for Maintenance collected from used-products

chart: Reuse of Parts for Maintenance collected from used-products