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- Our Policy and Vision
- Our Progress and Results
- Environmental Management
- Environmentally Friendly Products and Services
- Environmentally Sound Products from the NEC Group
- What Are NEC’s Environmentally Sound Products?
- NEC's "Eco Symbol" and "Eco Symbol Star" Environmental Labels
- Examples of Eco Symbol Star Products (Hardware)
- Using Bioplastics in Products
- Green Procurement
- Activities for Control of Chemical Substances in Products
- Collection and Recycling
- What Are NEC's Eco Software Services?
- Examples of Eco Symbol Star Products (Software and Services)
- Activities toward Ecosystem and Biodiversity Preservation
- Activities within Business Operations
- Environmental Communications
- Social Contributions through Environmental Activities
- Overseas Engagements of the NEC Group
- Environmental Data
Using Bioplastics in Products
NEC has developed and is now commercializing NeCycle™ (pronounced “new cycle”), a new bioplastic that uses plant resources as its primary raw material. The brand name NeCycle indicates a new style of recycling: a recycling of the material itself as well as a recycling of the CO2 that is absorbed by the plant component that constitutes the material's main resource.
Environmental Mid-Term Plan
Promoting the use of bioplastics in products is one of the specific goals of NEC’s Mid-Term Environmental Plan.
Bioplastics as defined by NEC
- To be called a bioplastic, the plastic must be listed on the Positive List of the Japan Bioplastics Association (JPBA) as a plastic with a biomass ratio of 25wt% or more.
- The plastic must not include any substances prohibited by the JBPA. (Definition revised in fiscal 2013.)
NEC bioplastics must also satisfy the following requirements:
- They must use materials developed primarily by NEC.
- The flame-retardant polylactic acid component must meet the following specific criteria:
- A biomass (organic component) ratio of more than 50wt%.
- A petroleum ratio of 50wt% or less (compared with petroleum-based plastics made by NEC).
Examples of using bioplastics in NEC products (includes products no longer on the market)
NeCycle used for POS speaker holder corresponding to magnetic card reader.
NeCycle used for covering of liquid-crystal projector cable.
NeCycle used for POS speaker holder.
NeCycle used for mobile business terminal components.
NeCycle used for front mask of Mate ME (Japanese) desktop computer.
NeCycle used for mobile POS components.
NeCycle used for POS terminal components.
NeCycle used for POS components.
NeCycle used for side panel of landlines.
NeCycle (kenaf-reinforced bioplastic (Japanese)) used for casing of FOMA mobile phone (N701i ECO).
- ※N701iECO
- No longer manufactured (launched on March 10, 2006)
- Orders no longer received by dealers
NeCycle (kenaf-reinforced bioplastic (Japanese)) used for dummy memory card.
