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- Our Policy and Vision
- Our Progress and Results
- Environmental Management
- Environmentally Friendly Products and Services
- Introduction of Examples of Environmental Technologies and Research and Development
- What Are NEC’s Environmentally Sound Products?
- NEC's "Eco Symbol" and "Eco Symbol Star" Environmental Labels
- Examples of Eco Symbol Star Products (Hardware)
- 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
- Green Glossary
Current walking and results
NEC's Steps to Collection/Recycling
NEC has been collecting used information and telecommunication equipment such as computers from corporate customers since 1969, for reuse and recycling. In April 2001, new provisions in the Law for the Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources were enacted. These provisions require that used PCs from businesses be collected and recycled. NEC made use of its qualification as a certified processor of industrial waste(*) and began a manufacturer service for the collection of PCs ahead of other manufacturers, right at the time this law was implemented.
NEC provides this collection and recycling service for a fee (except in the case of PCs with the PC Recycle mark). The collected used equipment (memory units such as HDDs) is subjected to function destruction processing, which eliminates the possibility of information leaks.
(*) WIDE-AREA certified processor of industrial waste: Qualification that entitles its holder to use its existing distribution system for collecting and recycling used products from manufacturers. The NEC Group was the first in the electronics-related industry to obtain this qualification from the Ministry of Heath, Labour and Welfare in May 2000, and we have been collecting and 3R'ing used information and telecommunication equipment since then (certification number: No. 8).
Collection and Recycling of Used Products
Recovery of used information equipment (computers, personal computers, printers, and other products) from corporate and individual users totaled about 5,496 tons in FY 2012, increased by about 10% compared with the previous fiscal year. The recycling rate (see Note 1) in FY 2010 was 98%, as in the previous year. The resource-reuse rate (see Note 2) defined by the Law for the Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources was 91%, almost the same as in FY 2009. The recycling of plastics will be further encouraged to increase the recycling rate.
Note 1: Recycling rate
The ratio of the weight of reused, material-recycled, and thermal-recycled items to the total weight of the collected IT devices
Note 2: Resource-reuse rate
The ratio of the weight of materials that can be used as recycled products or resources to the total weight of the collected IT devices (defined by the Law for the Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources)
Breakdown of Collected and Recycled Products
