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Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
Asaka R&D Center/Asaka Higashi R&D Center

Address
3-15-1 Senzui, Asaka City, Saitama Prefecture
Established
1973
Main products
Research and development of motorcycles and power products
Water discharge point
Arakawa River Right Bank District Shingashi River Sewage Treatment Center
Water Quality
Item Unit Regulation Standards (Incl. Agreed Standards) Voluntary
Regulation
Standards
Measurement Results
Maximum (minimum) Average
Hydrogen ion concentration
pH 5.0–9.0 5.8–8.6 9.5* (7.0) 8.0
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
mg/L 600 420 370 (1.6) 164.9
Chemical oxygen demand (COD)
mg/L Excluded because of release to the sewage system
Suspended solids (SS)
mg/L 600 420 560 (3.6) 208.4
Oil content
mg/L 30 21 20.5 (Less than 1) 9.0
Phenols
mg/L 5 3.5 0.32 (Undetected) 0.2
Copper and its compounds
mg/L 3 2.1 0.04 (Undetected) 0.02
Zinc and its compounds
mg/L 5 3.5 0.34 (0.04) 0.15
Soluble iron and its compounds
mg/L 10 7 0.34 (0.05) 0.18
Soluble manganese and its compounds
mg/L 10 7 0.02 (0.01) 0.02
Total chromium
mg/L 2 1.4 Less than 0.1 Less than 0.1
Fluorine content
mg/L 8 5.6 Less than 0.1 Less than 0.1
Colon bacillus colony count
No./cm3 Excluded because of release to the sewage system
Nitrogen content
mg/L 240 168 104 (25.2) 62.0
Phosphorous content
mg/L 32 22.4 9.5 (0.5) 5.5
Cadmium and its compounds
mg/L 0.1 0.07 Less than 0.005 Less than 0.005
Cyanides
mg/L 1 0.7 Less than 0.1 Less than 0.1
Lead and its compounds
mg/L 0.1 0.07 Less than 0.05 Less than 0.05
Chromium (VI) compounds
mg/L 0.5 0.35 Less than 0.02 Less than 0.02
* Because the measurement results exceeded the regulation standards when construction work was being carried out at the facilities, neutralization measures were immediately taken, and wastewater subsequently released into the sewage system had a lower pH.
Air Quality
Item Unit Regulation Standards (Incl. Agreed Standards) Voluntary Regulation Standards Measurement Results
Maximum (minimum) Average
Particulates
g/Nm3 0.1 0.07 Less than 0.0059 (Less than 0.0059) Less than 0.0059
Nitrogen oxides
ppm 150 105 40 40
Sulphur oxides
K value 9 6.3 Less than 0.098 (Less than 0.0046) 0.0763
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
Ethyl benzene
12,437 33 0 0 179 0 12,225 0
Xylene
60,244 69 0 0 807 0 59,368 0
Toluene
108,374 179 0 0 2,697 0 105,498 0
Benzene
3,997 1 0 0 0 0 3,996 0
Total
185,052 282 0 0 3,683 0 181,087 0
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