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The Kameyama Plant Environmentally Conscious
Sharp production site Kameyama
Location : Kameyama, Mie
Site area : 330,000 m2
Employees : 2,802 (as of March 31, 2008)
Started operation : January 2004
ISO14001 acquired : October 2004
Main products : Large-size LCD panels, large-size LCD modules, large-size LCD TVs

Environmental performance data (results in fiscal 2007)

INPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Energy Purchase of electricity (MWh) 545,295 458,189
Amount of solar power generation (MWh) 5,014 4,493
City gas (1,000m3) 52,453 42,717
LPG (t) 2,190 2,163
Water

Municipal water (km3)

108 45
Industrial water (km3) 1,758 1,683
Total (km3) 1,866 1,727
Chemical substances (PRTR) Handled (t) 7,331 3,532

OUTPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Greenhouse gases Amount of emissions
(t-CO2)

339,243

290,977
Water Drainage (km3) 501 597
Chemical substances (PRTR) Released (t) 0.19 0.1
Transferred (t) 543 236
Waste Amount of waste (t)

124,392

77,763
Landfill disposal rate (%) 0 0

Measurements for compliance requirements (results in fiscal 2007)

Air pollutant measurements

Emitting facility Substance Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations (prefectural) Sharp standard
Boiler NOx ppm 150 50 26
Soot and dust g/Nm3 0.10 0.04 Less than 0.005
Gas engine NOx ppm 600 170 146
SOx Nm3/h/units 23.5 0.09 Less than  0.02
Soot and dust g/Nm3 0.10 0.04 Less than  0.005

Water pollutant measurements (Water Pollution Control Law)

Substance Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations (prefectural) By agreement (regional) Sharp standard
pH pH 5.8-8.6 5.8-8.6 6.2-8.2 7.3-7.9
BOD mg/l 25 10 5 1.9
COD mg/l 25 10 5 4.1
Suspended solid (SS) mg/l 90 10 5 1.2
n-Hexane extractives mg/l 1 1 0.5 Less than 0.5
Coliform organisms Unit/ml 3,000 3,000 100 40
Total nitrogen mg/l - 10 5 4.5
Total phosphorus mg/l - 1 0.5 0.065
Fluorine mg/l 8 0.8 0.5 0.37

PRTR totalization

(Unit: kg)
PRTR No. Chemical Handling quantity Release Transfer Consumption Recycle
To atmosphere To public water area To sewage Out of site
16 2- aminoethanol 7,132,946 69 0 0 345,005 0 4,077,242
283 Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble salts 20,306 112 0 0 194,925* 0 0
304 Boron and its compounds 3,236 2 0 0 3,234 0 0

* The amount of "Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble salts" indicated under "Transfer" includes hydrogen fluoride generated during the abatement process.

Noise/vibration measurements

(Unit: dB)
Classification Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations (prefectural) Sharp standard
Noise Morning 55 55 55
Afternoon 60 60 56
Evening 55 55 53
Night 50 50 50
Vibration Day 65 40 32
Night 60 40 40

COD, nitrogen, phosphorus emission

(Unit: kg)
Measured value
COD 759
Nitrogen 1,147
Phosphorus 5
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