Nissan promotes a dual program of resource conservation to make effective use of the earth's precious resources. Measures to curb the generation of waste from production activities are taken from the outset of any operation, in tandem with resource recycling initiatives involving thorough sorting and separation of waste generated.
Promoting "3R" Activities
3R Activities
Recycling based on thorough sorting of waste materials and control of waste generation at the source is essential for encouraging waste reduction.
Nissan actively promotes the "3R" eco-friendly activities of "Reduce" (curbing the generation of waste), "Reuse" (reusing waste) and "Recycle" (recycling waste). Our impressive progress on this front includes improving the recycling rate,*1 and achieving our target of "zero direct landfill waste" (holding the level of landfill waste to no more than 1% of the volume of landfilled waste in 1990).
Laws and infrastructure are different in each country and a challenge for Nissan has been to find optimum ways to reduce waste at each of our production sites. We are redoubling our commitment to improve recycling rates globally.
Recycling Rate
Recycling Rate (%) [nonconsolidated]
Nissan was able to achieve a recycling rate*2 of 99.5% in fiscal year 2005 in Japan, meaning that diligent promotion of the 3Rs reduced waste to a mere 0.7% of all materials used. In addition, this was the fourth consecutive year that we met the "zero direct landfill waste" target following the 2001 launch of the standard. (Landfill for 2005 was far less than 1% of the 1990 amount, 16,299 tons.)
Our target year for reducing the volume of waste incineration to 50% or less of the 1999 level of 27,900 tons was 2005, but we achieved that goal well ahead of schedule.
- *1 Recycling rate: the percentage of the total amount of waste generated that is recycled, with heat recovery (heat used to create steam for manufacturing) included in the calculation.
- *2 Curtailing landfill waste to 1% of the level in fiscal year 1990.
- *3 The target figure for fiscal year 2005 was set at 14,000 tons
Waste Disposed Directly to Landfill*2 (t) [nonconsolidated]
In-house incineration volume*3 (t) [nonconsolidated]
