Advanced technologies are required for the recovery of resources from end-of-life home appliances for recycling purposes. While minimizing input resources by reducing product weight and size at the manufacturing stage, Panasonic is proceeding with initiatives toward recovering a larger volume of recyclable resources through the introduction of new technologies at its recycling facilities.
A key dimension of resources recycling is the work performed at the Panasonic Eco Technology Center Co., Ltd. (PETEC), a recycling facility established in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan in 2000. At PETEC, Panasonic is successfully recovering valuable resources such as plastic, iron and copper at a high degree of purity from end-of-life televisions, air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines.