The Marysville Automobile Plant (MAP) of Honda of America Mfg., Inc. (HAM) established two holding ponds, with a total capacity of approximately 28,000 m², to store rainwater for use as alternative water supply to approximately 190,000 tons a year of groundwater supplied to the plant’s manufacturing process. The facility has been in operation since December 2004. The plant optimizes the supply of rainwater by using the two holding ponds: one for summer use (with a capacity of approximately 76,000 tons), and the other for winter use (with a capacity of approximately 7,600 tons). By using these two ponds, the plant expects that its groundwater use will be reduced by approximately 150,000 tons a year. In January 2005, because of the use of this equipment to reuse rainwater, MAP was awarded the Karl G. Voelkel Award from the Ohio Water Environmental Association.
MAP also is constructing a new, water-based paint facility which will start operation by the middle of 2006, thereby reducing emissions by 41%. The facility will introduce high-efficiency ovens, air recycling systems, and highly efficient variable drive motors to reduce its use of energy by 34%.

The East Liberty Automobile Plant (ELP) of Honda of America Mfg., Inc. (HAM) removed their steam boiler system in December 2004.
The steam boiler system was introduced at the time ELP opened in 1989, and the system supplied steam to the plant’s eight major processes for heat transmission and moisture supply. As an energy conservation measure, at ELP, its four major departments, each in charge of facilities management, body painting, bumper painting, and assembly, jointly examined a system to replace the steam boiler system. As a result, they determined to newly introduce the following three technologies:

(1) To replace the heat exchanger with a gas heater
(2) To introduce a system to recover and reuse waste heat from the bumper painting process that was using steam heat
(3) To replace the steam moisturizer with a cooling mist spray device

This conversion to a more efficient system has contributed to a reduction in energy consumption, and to the achievement of a safer workplace as well.

Honda Belgium N.V. (BH) conducted the following environmental activities and was awarded the Flemish Environmental Charter Award.
(1) Reduction of pollutants contained in wastewater by activated carbon filtration
(2) Prevention of accidental elution and effusion of dirty water by the establishment of a weather shed above the waste collection containers
(3) Improvement of thermal insulation within the facilities by increasing the opening and closing speed of the automatic gate used for transporting materials on-site
(4) Reduction of landfill waste by sorting the waste

Honda Europe N.V. (HE) has successfully completed the examination for the EMAS environmental management system and is now applying for its certification registration. HE is thus becoming the 4th European Honda site achieving the EMAS standard.
Following the successful introduction by Montesa Honda in Spain, HE has also introduced the unpacked transportation of finished motorcycles for distribution, and is promoting this transportation method for more products and to all distribution channels in Europe.

Honda Europe Power Equipment (HEPE) reviewed its working process at the time it expanded its facilities, and remarkably improved transportation efficiency on-site by designing a unique transportation flow. In addition, by introducing equipment to reduce the volume of cardboard boxes without reconciling their recyclability, HEPE achieved improvement in both recyclability and transportation efficiency.

In Asia, Oceania, and China, Honda is promoting the reuse of automatic transmissions.
With Dongfeng Honda Engine Co., Ltd. serving as the activity center, the production and sales sites in Asia, Oceania, and China cooperate together to promote the reuse of automatic transmissions within a wide area, and it is expected that further progress will be made in this effort.