Towards a recycling-oriented society
We, Green Cycle Corporation, operate recycling business of used home appliances appropriately andattractively. As a member of Sony Group Companies, we also contribute to creating a recycling-oriented
society for global environmental conservation by establishing recycling life cycle for products.
Aiming to be a long lasting company, all Green Cycle employees continuously make effort to create a “goodcompany” that is recognized by local community and that is worth working for.

MissionTo be a first class, long lasting recycling
company that continuously contribute to theestablishment of a recycling-oriented society
as well as protecting local community and thefuture of Japan.

Company Profile●Company Name Green Cycle Corporation●

Established

July 28, 1998（operated Oct. 24, 2000）●Address

13 Showa- cho, Minato -ku, Nagoya,
Aichi 455-0026, Japan●

Capital

350 million yen●Premises

Land area：22,526㎡
Total floor space：18,992㎡●

Business Description R ecycling of used home appliances（four types）（Recoveryof metal（iron, copper and aluminum）,
plastics, glass and CFCs）

Policy of Green Cycle
Home appliances such as TVs and Refrigerators are used over many years. Even if it is broken or replaced by newone, it would never be trash.
By recycling, we can use materials such as iron and plastics from used home appliances, as the new resources for
new products.
We continuously make effort to recycle used home appliances to become new resources as much as possible with ourhigh recycle techniques.

Products
Using again as
resources
Iron
CopperAluminum
Plastics
Glass

Materials
Recycling

Used homeappliances

Recycling Process Flow in Green Cycle
We operate recycling of four designated types of home appliances（TVs, Air Conditioners, Refrigerators
and Washing machines）based on the “Home Appliance Recycling Law”.
It consists of two processes, disassembling by hands and crushing/sorting with large machinesdepending on each material.
Combining those 2 processes, we achieve safe and efficient recycling and effective utilization ofresources.

Receipt●Televisons●

Air Conditioners●

Refrigerators●Washing machines

Manual Disassembling●

Circuit boards（removing parts by hands）●Glass●Parts

●CFCs

●Iron

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Copper, Aluminum●

PlasticCrushing（breaking into small pieces by machines）

Sorting（separating each materials）

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Corporate Profile

●Manual disassembling

Used home appliances are disassembled manually andparts such as circuit boards, power codes and motors aretaken out.
In term of manufacturers and models, since used home
appliances collected from domestic household are different,
hence the disassembling procedures are different.
Therefore, skilled recycling workers are necessary toachieve accurate separations.
Additionally, we surely recover harmful chemical substancessuch as CFCs and mercury that contained in parts, andhandle them appropriately.

●CrushingAfter taking out the parts such as circuit boards, remained
casings are crushed into small pieces by large machinesthat look like a giant food cutters.
By making them smaller, materials become apart from eachother and easier to be sorted by machines.
Even a refrigerator is crushed shortly.

●Sorting

Just after crushing, various materials are mixed together
and there is no value as resources.
By using mechanical sorting based on characteristics ofeach material, iron, non-ferrous metals and various plastics
can be separated and become high value resources.

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Toward advanced recycling

Active work for everyone
Because home appliances are large and heavy, recycling
work is a heavy labor.
That is why it had been work mainly for men with physicalfitness.
In order for everyone, including women and elderly people,
to be active in the recycling operation, we have been
trying to improve the operation in Green Cycle through theautomatization and/or the development of special tools.

Improving working conditions
There is so much dust and dirt in used home appliances
due to usage over many years.
During the disassembling process, dirt would scatter andthe workers and work area might become dirty.
Therefore before disassembling, we remove dust and sandin the used home appliances to prevent from bringing theminto the work area.
And all of the working benches are able to keep in clean
conditions by having vacuum collectors for the dust flying
up while disassembling.

Toward future recycling
We utilize recycling know-how for next product creation,by cooperating with Sony to design next products. We
consider “good things and bad things for recycling” withproduct designers to create products that are easier torecycle.The effect of recycling-friendly design will onlyreflect when the product is disposed and recycled. Thatwould be more than 15 years later, however we have beenworking together for“a better recycling in the future”atpresent.

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Activities for environment

Recycling thoroughly
We work on the problem of resource depletion andenvironmental destruction due to mining development.
By recycling thoroughly, we circulate resources used inproducts and contribute on reducing the mining of newresources.
And we surely recover and appropriately treat harmful
chemical substances, such as CFCs that cause ozone
depletion and global warming, lead and/or mercury
affecting the human body and the environment.
Recovery of CFCs

Utilizing the gift from nature
As a company related to environmental conservation, weutilize the gift from nature such as sunlight and rainwater.
In term of energy usage in our factory, we use renewableenergy, solar power generation from our own solar panels.
Additionally, rainwater is also used for water conservation.
And we also promote greening in the factory and creatinga place for birds and insects to gather for maintaining
biodiversity.
Solar panels on the Green Cycle factory rooftop

The important of appropriate recycling
We have been holding plant tours for the public, especially for the local residents and students, in order to
let them know how home appliance recycling is being done.
In our plant tours, we introduce the recycling system for used home appliances, the effect of recycling andimproper recycling by illegal sectors, to encourage appropriate recycling.
Conveying the importance of the appropriate recycling, we strive to help build a society where all waste
would be recycled appropriately.

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13 Showa-cho, Minato-ku, Nagoya, Aichi
455 -0026, Japan
TEL. ＋81-52-613-5701 FAX. ＋81-52-613-5703
https://www.greenc.co.jp

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