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Sharp production site Tochigi
Location : Yaita, Tochigi
Site area : 326,000 m2
Employees : 1,780 (as of March 31, 2008)
Started operation : April 1968
ISO14001 acquired : March 1996
Main products : LCD TVs, DVD recorders

Environmental performance data (results in fiscal 2007)

INPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Energy Purchase of electricity (MWh) 21,922 20,133
Amount of solar power generation (MWh) 57 56
LPG (t) 26 30
Heavy oil, kerosene, gas oil, gasoline (KL) 48 174
Water Municipal water (km3) 27 30
Ground water (km3) 677 768
Total (km3) 704 798

OUTPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Greenhouse gases Amount of emissions
(t-CO2)
9,192 8,814
Water Drainage (km3) 704 780
Waste Amount of waste (t) 721 619
Landfill disposal rate (%) 0.04 0.05

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 SOx m3/h 17.5 8.0 0.03
NOx ppm 180 170 40
Soot and dust g/Nm3 0.30 0.10 0.007

Water pollutant measurements (Water Pollution Control Law)

Because the Tochigi site stopped processing human excrement in-house and connected to the public sewage system in March 2006, there are no items covered by water quality measurements.

PRTR totalization

No PRTR-designated substances have 500 kg or more handling quantity.

Noise/vibration measurements

(Unit: dB)
Classification Maximum permissible quantity Measured value
(max.)
Regulations
(prefectural)
Sharp
standard
Noise Day 75 65 57
Vibration Day 65 60 34

COD, nitrogen, phosphorus emission

No emission of COD, nitrogen or phosphorus to the lakes or seas for which emission standards are instituted.

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