Panasonic Holdings Corporation

Environment : Overview of Recycling of Specified Home Appliances (Japan)

Below is the actual results recycled by Panasonic Group during fiscal 2024 (from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025) in accordance with the Law for Recycling of Specified Kinds of Home Appliances (Home Appliance Recycling Law), including products bearing the SANYO brand.

Overview of recycled four kinds of end-of-life products

Air conditioner TV Refrigerator/
Freezer		 Washing machine/
Clothes dryer
CRT LCD/
OLED/
Plasma
Number of products received at designated collection points [1,000 units] 912 129 622 816 1,085
Number of products processed [1,000 units] 894 130 623 812 1,074
Total weight of products processed [tons] 35,734 3,183 9,604 51,939 44,835
Total weight of recycled materials from processed products [tons] 32,720 2,266 8,059 41,671 41,060
Recycling rate [%] 91 71 83 80 91

* "Number of products processed" and "Total weight of products processed" refer to the total (units and weight) of waste electric appliances that were treated for recycling in fiscal 2024.
* All of the numbers after the decimal point are truncated.
* There were a small number of units whose manufacturer responsible for recycling, etc. was not identified due to an inputting error in the manifest and/or for other reasons. Those units are not included in "Number of products received at designated collection points" and "Number of products processed".

Overview of the recycled parts and materials

Total weight of the recycled parts and materials which are transferable to those who use it as parts or materials of product for a fee or free of charge.

Air conditioner TV Refrigerator/
Freezer		 Washing machine/
Clothes dryer
CRT LCD/
OLED/
Plasma
Iron [tons] 9,100 238 2,872 19,138 18,459
Copper [tons] 2,524 132 84 1,037 635
Aluminum [tons] 892 2 261 260 613
Mixture including ferrous or non-ferrous materials [tons] 13,260 2 485 5,820 5,795
CRT glass [tons] - 1,117 - - -
Other valuable materials [tons] 2,792 564 2,553 13,364 8,258
Total weight [tons] 28,570 2,059 6,256 39,620 33,762

* All of the numbers after decimal point are truncated.
* "Other valuable materials" are plastics, fluorocarbons, etc.

Breakdown of recycled materials by specified home appliance

[FIGURE]Breakdown of recycled materials by specified home appliance

Weights of refrigerant fluorocarbons which were collected, shipped, recovered or re-used, and destroyed

Air conditioner Refrigerator/ Freezer Washing machine/ Clothes dryer
Weight of collected refrigerant fluorocarbons[kg] 583,471 28,494 20,196
Weight of refrigerant fluorocarbons shipped to consigned destroying companies[kg] 574,945 27,585 19,525
Weight of recovered or re-used refrigerant fluorocarbons[kg] 533,200 18,587 18,439
Weight of destroyed refrigerant fluorocarbons[kg] 38,749 8,900 971

* All of the numbers after decimal point are truncated.
* Difference amoung weight of collected refrigerant fluorocarbons, weight of shipped refrigerant fluorocarbons and "total weight of recovered or re-used refrigerant fluorocarbons and destroyed fluorocarbons" is due to time-lag of reporting.

Weights of fluorocarbons from insulation materials, which were liquefied and collected, shipped, and destroyed

Refrigerator/ Freezer
Weight of fluorocarbons liquefied and collected from insulation materials[kg] 59,990
Weight of fluorocarbons shipped to consigned destroying companies after liquefied and collected from insulation materials[kg] 57,379
Weight of destroyed fluorocarbons after liquefied and collected from insulation materials[kg] 56,798

* All of the numbers after decimal point are truncated.
* Difference among weight of collected refrigerant fluorocarbons, weight of shipped fluorocarbons and weight of destroyed fluorocarbons is due to time-lag of destruction reporting.