Promoting Green Factories

We strive to pursue green factory practices at our production plants by taking the reductionof waste, the control of chemical emissions, the prevention of air, water and soil pollution, andthe suppression of noise and vibration into consideration.

Reduction of Chemical Emissions
The FDK Group has established its own chemical control regulations to reduce environmental burdens and control chemicals in an
appropriate manner at each plant. Each plant keeps track of the amount of chemical use, emissions, and waste-derived chemicals
transported away from its site.

Aim of the Fourth Environmental Action Plan
Reduce FY2000 VOC (volatile organic compounds) emission levels by 30% by the end of FY2010.

Reduction of VOC Emissions

Transition of VOC Emissions

VOC is a generic term for organic compounds that evaporate
under standard temperature and air pressure, volatilizing easily
into the atmosphere. VOC are suspected of contaminating soiland underground water, and if released into the air, they aresuspected of becoming oxidants and SPM (suspended particulatematter) through photochemical reactions. The aﬀect of air
contamination by VOC on human health has become an issue ofconcern as of late.
A law regulating VOC emissions went into eﬀect in Japan on
April 1, 2006. Although the FDK Group does not own facilities
emitting VOC regulated by the air pollution control law in Japan,
we have been working on reducing 20 types of VOC since FY2007
in compliance with the voluntary directive issued by fourindustrial organizations from the electric and electronic industries.
In particular, we established a plan to reduce VOC emissions bymore than 1 ton per production site annually, to employ alternative
chemicals and to reevaluate our production processes.
As a result, total VOC emissions at domestic production sites
were reduced from FY2000 levels by 29.5% to 31.2 tons. This is37.7% reduction from the previous term. This was made possibleby the reduction measures carried out and lowered LCD module
inverter production.

Aggregate PRTR Data for FY2007

AcetoneEthanol(tons)

Cyclohexanone
Isopropyl alcohol60
50403020
100'00040506

Chemical Name2907(FY)

Aggregate Data on
PRTR-Controlled Chemicals
We also disclosed the amount of domestic chemical emissions
and transportation in compliance with the PRTR law in FY2007.
Although the PRTR law requires reporting to the administration
for the handling of controlled chemicals in amounts over 1 tonper year, FDK keeps track of and manages chemical handling inamounts over 0.1 ton per year.

Total Amount at Domestic Plants (Handling over 100kg)

Manganese and manganese compounds

Toluene
Methyl ethyl ketone

Unit: tons/year

Amount of Emission Amount Transported
Amount of Usage Atmosphere Body of Water Waste Sewage Amount Consumed Recycling
3,959.43

0.00

0.00

27.090.00

3,932.33

0.00

Lead and lead compounds

5.50

0.00

0.00

1.40

0.00

4.04

0.06

Bisphenol type A epoxy resins

4.63

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

4.62

0.00

Silver and its water soluble compounds

2.71

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

1.75

0.96

Nickel compounds

1.51

0.00

0.00

0.06

0.00

1.45

0.00

Poly(oxyethylene) = octylphenyl ether

0.99

0.00

0.00

0.99

0.00

0.00

0.00

Di-n-butyl phthalate

0.82

0.00

0.00

0.04

0.00

0.78

0.00

Boron and boron compounds

0.79

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.79

0.00

Toluene

0.44

0.23

0.00

0.21

0.00

0.00

0.00

Molybdenum

0.14

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.14

0.00

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Waste Reduction Measures (Zero Waste Emission)
We strive to reduce the burden on the global environment by suppressing waste emissions as much as possible as well as separating andrecycling generated waste according to the principle of the 3Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle). Our sister company, FDK ECOTEC CO., LTD.
conducts business activities in pursuit of a sustainable society by recovering used information equipment such as PCs, as well as the separation and recycling of waste plastic, glass and metals. (see page 32)

Aim of the Fourth Environmental Action Plan
Reduce FY2006 waste emission levels by 3% by the end of FY2009.

Eﬀective Use of Various Wastes■ Sludge: used as cement mix and base course material■ Plastic waste: Recycled as plastic material and fuel for furnace■ Acid and alkali waste: neutralizing agent■ Oil waste: regenerated oil and supplementing fuel■ Paper waste: recycled paper, cushion material for packaging, and thermal recycling■ Metal waste: Reprocessed for iron manufacturing material■ Food waste (from cafeteria): compost

Zero Waste Emissions at FDK
Deﬁnition

Making eﬀective use of all waste generated from eachSocial Activities Report

Owing to the rising market price of metals and resources during
FY2007, we pursued the advancement of resale of valuable recyclable
materials. We also replaced cardboard boxes with containers,
recycled raw material waste within processes that was discardedin the past and reused palettes and plastic containers in-house.
As a result, our waste emissions were reduced to 1,079 tons. With
the additional eﬀect of the reduced production of LCD back lightmodules, our waste generation for FY2007 was 16.6% less than it
was in the last term.

Management andOrganizational Structure

Outcome of Our Waste
Reduction Efforts

plant to totally eliminate simple incineration and landﬁll

The Scope of Materials

Continuing with Zero Emissions

Sludge, waste acid, waste alkali, waste plastic, waste oil,metal scrap, glass and ceramic pieces, wood scrap, paper
waste, fabric waste, food waste, and sludge from puriﬁcation cistern

Waste Type Status
Amount of Waste Emissions and Recycling Ratio
Amount ofWaste(tons)

Incinerationand Landﬁll

Recycling

Recycling Ratio

RecyclingRatio(%)
100

4,00080

3,00060

2,00040

1,000200'93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07(FY)

0Sludge 7％Paper Waste 23％

Metal Scrap 11％

Waste Plastic 15％

Waste Oil 19％

Wood Scrap 17％
Breakdown of 1,079 Tons of Waste

Reevaluating Waste Categories

Site Report

5,000

Used Fuel 7％ Other 1％

Environmental Activities Report

As a result of our continued eﬀorts to follow zero emissions guidelines,
we achieved zero waste emission in FY2007 as well. We have totallyeliminated waste emissions since the end of FY2004.

We reorganized and reevaluated existing waste deﬁnitions andcategories in FY2007. Until the last term, we calculated therecycling ratio while excluding waste categories that were nottargeted by the zero emission guidelines. Upon achieving 100%
recycling ratio (zero emissions) under this condition, we decided tochange these guidelines to include all waste categories. As aresult, the recycling ratio during FY2007 reached 92%.

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