Panasonic Holdings Corporation

Overview of Recycling of Specified Home Appliances (Japan)

Below is the actual results recycled by Panasonic Group during fiscal 2026 (from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026) 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] 956 107 596 757 1,045
Number of products processed [1,000 units] 933 110 596 754 1,047
Total weight of products processed [tons] 36,982 2,668 8,978 48,091 44,068
Total weight of recycled materials from processed products [tons] 34,030 1,907 7,634 38,734 40,830
Recycling rate [%] 92 71 85 79 92

* "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 2026.
* 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] 9,564 238 2,948 17,375 17,886
Copper [tons] 2,599 110 80 947 640
Aluminum [tons] 876 2 210 250 613
Mixture including ferrous or non-ferrous materials [tons] 13,845 4 444 5,483 5,703
CRT glass [tons] - 940 - - -
Other valuable materials [tons] 2,700 404 2,187 12,306 9,684
Total weight [tons] 29,588 1,701 5,872 36,363 34,529

* 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] 605,021 24,470 22,294
Weight of refrigerant fluorocarbons shipped to consigned destroying companies[kg] 594,910 23,381 21,714
Weight of recovered or re-used refrigerant fluorocarbons[kg] 562,233 15,999 20,704
Weight of destroyed refrigerant fluorocarbons[kg] 30,321 7,292 877

* 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] 51,036
Weight of fluorocarbons shipped to consigned destroying companies after liquefied and collected from insulation materials[kg] 48,269
Weight of destroyed fluorocarbons after liquefied and collected from insulation materials[kg] 46,792

* 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.