Environmental Protection Activities Report

Promotion of Green Factories
The FDK Group pursues green factories where protection of the environment is well considered including
reduction of wastes and chemical substances, prevention of contamination to air, water and soil, and avoiding
noises and vibrations.

The FDK Group sets out and operates Chemical Substances Handling Regulation to restrict emission of chemical
substances from its plants in order to reduce environmental load. It also controls chemical substances appropriately. In
every site all chemical substances used in production processes are recorded in terms of volume of use and discharge ofthem, as well as the distance that they are delivered out of plant premises as wastes. In doing so, the FDK Group thrives
to achieve the target set out in the Fourth Action Plan.

Management andOrganizational Structure

Reduction of Discharging Chemical Substances

Social Activities Report

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

Discharge of chemical substances under the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR)
reduced at the end of FY 2006 by 15% of those discharged in FY 2001
■The scope of the reductions includes FDK plants and oﬃces in Japan.

Reduction of PRTR-Controlled
Substance Emission

Control System for Chemical Substances usedin Development and Manufacturing Processes

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Activities Report
Site Report

In FY2006, the only chemical emitted from the domestic
plants of FDK was 1.3 ton of toluene discharged to the air.
This was a reduction of 60% over the previous ﬁscal year.
The reduction was largely attributable to the use ofalternative solution to ﬂush module products, for which
relatively large volume of toluene was used before. In theThird Environmental Action Plan, the target of reducing
toluene was set as 5.5 ton for FY2001. The achievement oftoluene reduction in FY2006 represents 76% of the targetvalue. The PRTR requires reporting to the administration
if annual emission of designated chemical substances
reaches or exceeds 1 ton. The FDK Group applies muchstricter rule of 0.1 ton or more in recording inﬂow andoutﬂow of chemical substances.

A system that centrally controls chemical substances usedin development and manufacturing processes has beendeveloped and in operation by Iwaki Plant in FY2005. Thissystem can not only handle PRTR-controlled substances butalso can share the latest information on chemical substances
controlled by various laws as well as MSDS sheets. Laws
controlling each chemical substance are correlated as well.
Thanks to the system, how and what to purchase by eachfunction and how to handle chemicals can be understood easily
by users, and chemicals are easily controlled in the entire plant.
Iwaki Plant conducted total inventory check of chemicals andrevised the use ofchemical substances
using this system.
As a result, thenumber of chemical
substances registeredin this system wasreduced by 63%.

Future Actions
Toluene is one of the VOCs (volatile organic compounds).
As such, in the Fourth Environmental Action Plan, thereduction of toluene will further be promoted in theframework of VOC emission reduction activity.

Chemical Substances (used by Processes)
Control System

Results of the Third Environmental Action Plan
■Emission of designated chemical substances was reduced by76%.

PRTR Tabulation Result for FY2006
Total Chemical Substances Handled in FDK Group Plants in Japan (100kg or more)
Chemical substances
Manganese and its compounds

Handling
volumeDischarged

Volume of transfer

To theContained Discharged
To the air watershed in wastes to sewerage

Unit: tonConsumption
Recycled
volume4,417.91

0.00

0.00

29.93

0.00

4,387.99

0.00

Lead and its compounds

5.91

0.00

0.00

1.44

0.00

4.22

0.30

Bisphenol A epoxy resin

4.86

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

4.86

0.00

Toluene

4.44

1.26

0.00

3.08

0.00

0.00

0.00

Silver and its water soluble compounds

2.21

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

1.65

0.56

Poly (oxyethylene) octylphenyl ether

1.04

0.00

0.00

1.04

0.00

0.00

0.00

Boron and its compounds

0.83

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.83

0.00

Nickel compound

0.76

0.00

0.00

0.04

0.00

0.72

0.00

Di-n-butyl phthalate

0.53

0.00

0.00

0.03

0.00

0.50

0.00

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Promotion of Green Factories

Zero Emission of Wastes (Measures to Waste Reduction)
In order to reduce impact to the global environment, the FDK Group is committed to restrict generation of waste to a minimum through
3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle), and to promote separation of waste for recycling. FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd., one of the Group companies,
collects discarded information devices, such as PCs, and separates waste plastics, glass and metals out of them for recycled use. Throughthese activities, the company is committed to a business for formation of the recycling-based society. (See P33.)

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

Generation of wastes reduced at the end of FY 2006 by 3% of those generated in FY 2003

■The scope of reductions includes FDK plants and oﬃces in Japan.
■Zero emission of wastes will be achieved by the end of FY 2004 ahead of the target shown in the "Second Environmental Action Planby the end of FY2005 by 1 year.

Recycling of Various Wastes

Waste ReductionIn FY2006, use of returnable containers was promoted in lieu ofusing packaging materials, waste raw materials were recycled foruse in the process, and waste plastic vessels were reused in theoﬃce. As a result, total waste generated from the Group was down
to 1,708 ton in FY2006, which is down by 18% compared to thosegenerated in FY2003. In the Third Environmental Action Plan, thetarget was a reduction of 3% on the level in FY2003, though,compared to FY2005, the ﬁgure was up by 7%, which is generally
attributable to the increased production of LCD back light modules
and alkaline batteries.
For wastes with which treatment was consigned to outside waste
treatment businesses, how to reuse them was examined, and for
those found as usable, recycling was promoted for these valuable
resources.

Zero Emission ContinuanceThroughout FY2006, zero emission of wastes was continued
following to the previous year, in accordance to the Zero Emission
Guideline. The FDK Group maintains zero emission of wastes
after it was achieved at the end of FY2004.

■ Sludge: Raw materials for cements and road bed materials■ Waste plastics: Raw materials for plastics and fuels of blast furnaces■ Waste acids and alkalis: Neutralizing agents■ Waste oils: Recｙcled oils and combustion improvers■ Waste paper: Recycled paper, buﬀer materials and thermal recycle purposes■ Metal slag: Raw materials for steel■ Plant residues (food wastes): Fertilizers

Zero Emission of Wastes in FDK GroupDeﬁnition

Zero emission is deﬁned as utilizing all wastes generated in
the group eﬀectively to eliminate disposal of them byincineration and landﬁll.

WastesSludge, waste acids, waste alkali, waste plastics, waste oil,metal slag, glass, ceramics dusts, waste wood chips, waste
paper, waste textile, animal and plant residues (food wastes)and sludge in septic tanks

Wastes by Type

Combustion residue 5％ Others 2％
Sludge 8％

Waste paper 27％

Metal slag 12％

Volume of Wastes and Recycling Ratio
Volume ofWastes（ton）

Disposal byincinerationor landﬁll

Recycled as
raw materials

Recyclingratio

Recycling ratio
（％）

5,000

100

4,000

80

3,000

60

2,000

40

1,000

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Waste oils 19％

Waste plastics 13％

Waste woods 14％
Breakdown of Recycled Wastes (1,708 tons)

Future Actions
In the Fourth Environmental Action Plan, the target rate forwaste reduction is set as 3% from the level in FY2006, by the endof FY2009. The FDK Group will continue its 3R activity toachieve the target as set out in it.

Results of the Third Environmental Action Plan
■Result of the Third Environmental Action Plan Generated
waste was reduced by 18%.
■Zero Emission of wastes was achieved by the end of FY2004,
and has been maintained subsequently.

Environmental Protection Activities Report

In order to prevent soil, underground water and air pollutions, the FDK Group is involved in various environmental protection activities.
Environmental limits are voluntarily set for eﬄuents, vibration and noise which are stricter than those set by the authorities, and themeasurement data are periodically notiﬁed to the authority.

Soils and Underground Water

Emergency Drills

Volume of contaminants Current volume ofMajor contaminants in underground watercontaminants in Environmental limit
before starting purification underground water
0.01 mg/LSoil Puriﬁcation at Washizu Plant (tetrachloroethylene)
Concentration (mg/L)

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Kosai Plant introduced an eco-friendly compressor that doesn t use
any oil. In lieu of oil, this compressor uses water to take the role ofoil. This eliminates processing of oil discharged from its drains anddegraded oil. There will be
no worry against happening of an oil spillage. As thenew compressor can control
temperature surge duringin operation, it is highly
energy-saving.

2006 (FY)Sanyo Plant
Volume of contaminants Current volume ofMajor contaminants in underground watercontaminants in Environmental limit
before starting purification underground water
trichloroethylene 8.1 mg/L (Oct. 1999) 0.04 mg/L (Oct. 2006)

0.03 mg/L

Soil Puriﬁcation at Sanyo Plant (trichloroethylene)
Concentration (mg/L)

9876
54
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Site Report

Introduction of an Eco-Friendly
Air Compressor

Washizu Plant

1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0

Emergency Drills

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Activities Report

Progress of Soil and Underground Water
Quality Improvement

Due to an existing risk of Tokai earthquake, Kosai Plant in Shizuoka
Prefecture conducts an earthquake and disaster prevention drill everyyear. In addition to an
evacuation drill, a rescue
drill and a ﬁre extinguishing
drill, the emergency drill
assumes occurrence ofenvironmental pollutions outof the plant premises.
In FY2006, an emergency
response drill was held under
the assumption of a chemical
spill occurred from a hazardous substances warehouse.

Social Activities Report

The FDK Group conducted a series of investigations for soil andunderground water contamination in 1998 and 1999 to investigate
how they are contaminated by volatile organic compounds. The
results at the four plants of Washizu, Sanyo, Hosoe and Osuga
where soil and underground contaminations were found in
the investigations in October 1999, were voluntarily disclosed tothe public and works for removing contaminations are going on. In
2002, Hosoe Plant was totally puriﬁed.
In 2004, the former Osuga Plant site was reinvestigated to checkthe condition of the soil in accordance to the Soil Contamination
Countermeasures Law, and the healthiness of the soil was conﬁrmed.
For other plants, we will continue purifying soil and undergroundwater using an air stripping method, while checking the eﬀects
regularly.

Tetrachloroethylene 1.5 mg/L (Oct. 1999) 0.14 mg/L (June 2006)

Management andOrganizational Structure

Environmental Protection Measures to Plants

Air compressor newly introduced

Compliance
In FY2006, no cases of non-compliance to environment-related laws
and environmental accidents were reported in the FDK Group.

Future Actions

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006 (FY)With the increase in people s attention to environmental risks, theFourth Environmental Action Plan deals with the reinforcing theGroup s environmental pollution prevention system and its operation.

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