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Commitment to Zero Emission |
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| To provide worldwide customers with the products that satisfy them, Honda has established a system for local Honda staff to develop, manufacture, and sell products that meet the needs of local communities throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. For environmental conservation, which is now a common theme for people all over the world, we make it a rule for our local staff to take environmental measures that are optimal for local communities. Some of these measures are introduced below. |
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| In establishing Honda Manufacturing of Alabama (HMA) as Honda’s newest factory in North America in November 2001, Honda set itself the goal of integrating the factory into the local community as a factory that people can look up to and introduced various advanced environmental conservation measures. For example, as measures to prevent soil pollution, the factory minimizes the risk of oil spills at the time of delivery by concentrating all oil supply facilities into one location. Also, all the supply pipes are installed overhead and are equipped with drip pans to enable easy visual inspections and to prevent oil from soaking into the soil in the event of pipe leaks. Furthermore, treated wastewater is discharged through a double-walled effluent line and monitored by sensors to give special protection against leakage. To prevent air pollution, water-based paints are used for coatings, and state-of-the-art facilities to make volatile organic compounds harmless were introduced to ensure double and triple measures for environmental conservation. |
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| Honda of America Mfg.,
Inc. (HAM), which is Honda’s production base in North America, is reducing
the environmental impact caused by its production activities based on it own policies
concerning environmental activities. The East Liberty Auto Plant (ELP) centrally
manages the use of energy and water by each of its production processes, and fully
examines the improvement possibilities of the processes. The remarkable results
of effective measures taken at the plant include the improvement of energy efficiency
on holidays and 53% energy saving by replacing hydraulic motors with electric
motors for transporting paints to the coating process. |
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| Honda Europe N.V. (HE)
installed bio-rotors to improve the quality of treated wastewater. The rotors
stir the wastewater, introducing fresh air to activate the bacteria in the water,
and thereby purifying it. HE regards the treatment and further purification of
wastewater as one of its most important tasks. |
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| Thai Honda Mfg. Co.,
Ltd. (THM) replaced mercury vapor lamps with fluorescent lighting fixtures (each
with two tubes) and thereby reduced the consumption of electricity for lighting
equipment. To further save energy, THM has installed skylights in the roof of
its factory. Because natural light streams in through them, there is no need to
turn on the lights during the eight hours of daylight, which is half the time
that the factory is in operation. The company has greatly reduced its electricity
consumption. |
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