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EnvironmentEffective utilization of wastes
Effective utilization of plastic wastes at Taga factory
Taga has begun an initiative to improve the effective utilization rate of
plastic waste.
Half of the plastic waste at the Taga factory has been
disposed of instead of thoughtfully recycled.
Inkjet printers consist
of hundreds of plastic parts manufactured by plastic molding machines, so
the team focused on plastic wastes, such as purged plastics, from the
changeover process and gate plastics from the molding process. In July
2023, Taga factroy signed a contract with a recycling company to process
purged plastics and gate plastics, expecting a result in an increase in
the effective utilization rate of plastic waste from 50% to 70%.
Reuse of wooden pallets at Michigan City factory, Hitachi Global Air Power US, LLC
About 500 new wooden pallets are annually used for shipment of sheet
metals to the Michigan City factory. Once the pallets are used, they are
shredded in the Michigan City factory, collected by a waste provider and
made into compost. However, since many of the pallets can still be used,
the Michigan City factory has started an initiative to return pallets to
the sheet metal supplier for reuse, with the exception of pallets that are
found to be significantly damaged or weathered in cooperation with the
supplier.
Although still in the trial period, 130 pallets were reused,
expecting a result to reduce the number of new wooden pallets for sheet
metals by at least 80%. In the future, the Michigan City factory plans to
optimize the operation of this initiative and expand to other wooden
pallets.
