Social & Environmental Reports

The reports from each year can be viewed as PDF files.

Reduction of Waste

In response to the imminent shortage of capacity at landfill waste disposal facilities, our company has strived to reduce the volume of landfill waste that cannot be recycled and reduce the amount of landfill waste produced to less than 5% of FY1999 levels.

To achieve our targets it was necessary to implement measures, like the ones listed in the chart below, on a company-wide level.
Nearly all landfill waste produced by Toyota Industries is waste sand generated during the casting process by the engine business at the Higashichita Plant. Consequently, we are working to increase the rate of recycling through stricter separation of sand from the iron waste and reusing recycled sand for casting and also as a raw material for cement. As a result of these and other activities, in 2004 Toyota Industries was able to fully eliminate industrial waste that undergoes landfill disposal.

 

(Table) Examples of Landfill Waste Conversion to Recycling

Type of Landfill Waste	Process Where Produced	Recycle Method
Waste paint	Paint & coating process	Turned into emulsion fuel
Waste oil	Press process, etc.	Separate oil and water, then turn into emulsion fuel
Sludge from treated waste water	Waste water treatment process	Cement ingredient
Waste plastics	Assembly process, etc.	Used as solid fuel
PVC sheets	Painting & coating process	Used as solid fuel
Gloves, shop cloths	All plant processes	Recycled work gloves

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