Honda Environmental Annual Report 2005 Top

Suzuka Factory

Address
1907 Hirata Cho, Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture
Established
1960
Main products
Civic, Fit, Airwave, etc.
Number of employees
7,092 (as of March 31, 2005)
Water discharge point
Suzuka River
ISO 14001 acquired
February 1998
Water Quality
Item Unit Regulation Standards (Incl. Agreed Standards) Voluntary Regulation Standards Measurement Results
Maximum (minimum) Average
Hydrogen ion concentration
pH 5.8–8.6 5.8–8.6 7.1 (6.6) 6.9
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
mg/L Maximum 65/
average 50
Maximum 58/
average 45
38 (3) 14.7
Chemical oxygen demand (COD)
kg/day 192.5 173.2 169.0 (80.4) 137.7
Suspended solids (SS)
mg/L Maximum 90/
average 70
Maximum 81/
average 63
25 (3) 10.3
Oil content
mg/L 1 0.9 0.7 (Undetected) 0.2
Phenols
mg/L 1 0.9 Undetected Undetected
Copper and its compounds
mg/L 1 0.9 0.02 (Undetected) 0.006
Zinc and its compounds
mg/L 5 2.5 0.35 (0.04) 0.10
Soluble iron and its compounds
mg/L 10 5 1.75 (0.01) 0.54
Soluble manganese and its compounds
mg/L 10 5 0.5 (Undetected) 0.278
Total chromium
mg/L 2 1 Undetected Undetected
Fluorine content
mg/L 8 4 2.8 (1.1) 1.9
Colon bacillus colony count
No./cm3 3,000 1,500 Undetected Undetected
Nitrogen content
kg/day 214.7 193.2 29.3 (12.9) 25.3
Phosphorous content
kg/day 21.2 19.0 4.1 (1.2) 2.1
Cadmium and its compounds
mg/L 0.1 0.05 0.008 (Undetected) 0.001
Cyanides
mg/L 1 0.5 Undetected Undetected
Lead and its compounds
mg/L 0.1 0.05 Undetected Undetected
Chromium (VI) compounds
mg/L 0.5 0.25 Undetected Undetected
Air Quality
Item Unit Regulation Standards (Incl. Agreed Standards) Voluntary Regulation Standards Measurement Results
Maximum (minimum) Average
Particulates
g/Nm3 0.05 0.025 Less than 0.01 Less than 0.01
0.10 0.050 Less than 0.01 Less than 0.01
0.20 0.100 0.02 (Less than 0.01) Less than 0.01
0.50 0.250 0.02 (Less than 0.01) Less than 0.01
Nitrogen oxides
ppm 70 35 24.3 (22.6) 23.5
130 65 1.0 (1.0) 1.0
150 75 66.8 (20.4) 33.7
180 90 74.7 (2.0) 28.6
200 100 30.7 (19.8) 25.3
230 115 41.9 (0.5) 21.6
250 125 76.7 (74.7) 75.7
Hydrogen chloride
mg/Nm3 700 350 29 (8) 18.5
Sulphur oxides
K value 14.5 7.25 Less than 1 Less than 1
Dioxins
ng-TEQ/Nm3 0.1 0.1 0.057(0.021) 0.039
PRTR Listed Substances
(Unit: kg)
Substance Volume Handled Volume Discharged Volume Transferred Recycling Volume 100 Disposed Volume Consumed (Transferred to Products)
Atmosphere Public Waters Sewage Waste Disposal
Sites Outside Company
Soluble zinc compounds
32,187 0 128 0 6,388 0 0 25,671
Bis Phenol A epoxy resins
55,635 0 0 0 302 0 1 55,332
Ethyl benzene
265,453 100,677 0 0 0 94,996 7,670 62,110
Ethylene glycol
1,302,947 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,302,947
Xylene
946,135 242,997 0 0 0 354,803 22,022 326,313
1,3,5-Trimethyl benzene
63,535 30,749 0 0 0 28,598 4,178 10
Toluene
742,548 231,064 0 0 0 18,773 25,169 467,542
Nickel compounds
4,719 0 229 0 1,608 0 0 2,882
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalic acid
14,216 0 0 0 145 0 0 14,071
Hydrogen fluoride and soluble salt
1,900 0 0 0 0 0 1,900 0
Benzene
20,698 52 0 0 0 0 0 20,646
Polyoxyethylene alkyl ether
3,426 0 0 0 0 0 3,426 0
Manganese and its compounds
9,932 0 974 0 1,467 0 0 7,491
Total
3,463,331 605,539 1,331 0 9,910 497,170 64,366 2,285,015
Dioxins (Unit: mg-TEQ)
19.00 0 0 642.00 0 0 0

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