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Resource Recycling

Resource Recycling

Basic Concept

Working towards the creation of a recycling-oriented society, ESPEC is carrying out programs related to waste and product 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) in our business activities.
We also recognize that conservation of water resources is a critical global issue, and are engaged in a number of programs to reduce the amount of water we use and our wastewater is subjected to voluntary standards that are stricter than the law requires.

Product Recycling Service

We are operating a product recycling service based on our certification under the Ministry of the Environment wide-area certification system. We have been approved for the wide-area certification system by the Minister of the Environment and are operating a product recycling service. After entering into an Industrial Waste Entrustment Agreement with the customer, we collect environmental test chambers made by us but no longer used by the customer for a fee, and recycle it. We thus reduce the burden of the disposal procedure on the customer, and properly recycle the waste. In FY 2024, we collected 489 products no longer used.

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(FY) 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Number of products recycled 396 Units 369 Units 431 Units 473 Units 482 Units 489 Units
  • * We have been certified under the Ministry of the Environment's Wide-Area Certification System, and we collect our used environmental testing equipment for a fee and recycle it.

Conservation of Water Resources

In order to conserve water resources, we are carrying out water risk assessments, and actively working in our regular business activities to reduce the amounts of water used, recycle water, treat wastewater, and correctly manage wastewater quality. For wastewater, we have set voluntary standards that are stricter than the wastewater standards mandated by laws and ordinances, and have enacted complete management at each business site. In the FY2024 survey conducted by the CDP, an international non-profit organization, ESPEC was awarded a B- for water security.

■Amounts of Water Used (Consolidated)

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(FY) 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Water usage Japan 53,000m3 51,000m3 64,000m3 74,000m3 91,000m3
Overseas 28,000m3 27,000m3 26,000m3 25,000m3 38,000m3
Total 81,000m3 77,000m3 90,000m3 99,000m3 129,000m3
Amount per unit of sales 2.09 m3/
million yen
1.85 m3/
million yen
1.70 m3/
million yen
1.59 m3/
million yen
1.92 m3/
million yen
  • * Excluding Cosmopia Hightech Corp., which was made a consolidated company in August 2023.