Management of Hazardous Substances in Business Activities

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Reducing PRTR-specified substances

OMRON monitors and manages each site to check the amounts of the 354 PRTR Class 1 designated chemical substances that are used, released and transferred at each site. OMRON is also working to maintain or reduce the released and transferred amounts per unit of production at fiscal 2005 levels or less.

Aiming to complete PCB waste disposal

PCB waste storage at OMRON Izumo (OMRON Izumo stores PCB waste in locked FRP containers in its locked electric room, checks the storage conditions once every month and keeps records.)

At OMRON, power capacitors, transformers and fluorescent lamp ballasts, which contain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), are stored and managed in compliance with the Law Concerning Special Measures for Promotion of Proper Treatment of PCB Waste. For storage of these devices, OMRON implements strict leakage prevention measures and regularly checks the quantity through ledger control. OMRON aims to complete disposal of PCB waste by keeping up with the progress of wide-area PCB waste treatment by the Japan Environmental Safety Corporation.

In fiscal 2007, the number of stored PCB-containing devices grew due to the increase in sites. The increase consisted of five power capacitors containing PCBs in high concentrations and one transformer containing PCBs in low concentrations.

PCB-containing Devices Stored

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