Honda Worldwide | June 1, 2012 "Honda Discloses Results of Resource-Recycling"

Corporate: June 1, 2012

Honda Discloses Results of Resource-Recycling based on Japan's End-of-life Vehicle Recycling Law for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2012

TOKYO, Japan, June 1, 2012 – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today disclosed results of the recycling/recovering of fluorocarbons, airbags, and Automobile Shredder Residue (ASR) based on Japan's End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) Recycling Law for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.

The number of ELVs from which fluorocarbons were collected was approximately 320,000 units (a decrease of 16% compared to the preceding fiscal year).
The number of ELVs from which airbags were collected was approximately 240,000 units (a decrease of 6% compared to the preceding fiscal year).
The number of ELVs from which ASR was collected as the final stage of the ELV treatment was approximately 370,000 units (a decrease of 20% compared to the preceding fiscal year).
The recycling rate of airbag inflators and ASR was 93.6% and 93.3%, respectively, complying with the ordinances of the relevant ministries (85% for airbag inflators and 70% for ASR by the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016).
The total cost of the recycling efforts amounted to 3.48 billion yen, which was 290 million yen less than the total recycling deposits received which was 3.77 billion yen.

Honda will continue its efforts to ensure proper treatment of ELVs and further increase recycling rates.

[Overview of Honda's ELV recycling for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012]

[Timeframe] April 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012

Recycling amount

Item	Descriptions		Fiscal year ended March 31, 2012	Fiscal year ended March 31, 2011
Fluorocarbons	Weight of CFC and HFC collected (kg)	(1)CFC collected (kg) (2)HFC collected (kg)	4,080 87,754	8,004 107,703
	Weight of CFC and HFC collected (kg)	Total CFC/HFC [(1)+ (2) kg]	91,834	115,707
	No. of ELVs from which CFC and HFC were collected	(1)CFC (unit) (2)HFC (unit)	17,551 302,951	33,564 350,187
	No. of ELVs from which CFC and HFC were collected	Total CFC/HFC [(1)+ (2) units]	320,502	383,751
Airbags	No. of airbags collected (unit)	(1)Removal/collection (unit) ^1 (2)Onboard deployment (unit) ^2	69,210 635,621	64,908 600,703
	No. of airbags collected (unit)	Total [(1)+ (2) units]	704,831	665,611
	No. of ELVs from which airbags were collected	(1)Removal/collection (unit) (2)Onboard deployment (unit) (3)Partial removal/collection and partial onboard deployment (unit)	25,746 216,160 1,838	27,325 230,335 717
	No. of ELVs from which airbags were collected	Total [(1)+ (2)+ (3) ] units	243,744	258,377
	Weight of airbag inflators recycled	Total weight of airbag inflators collected (kg) --- A	45,887	44,390
	Weight of airbag inflators recycled	Total weight of airbag inflators collected and made ready to be recycled (kg) --- B	42,950	41,787
ASR	No. of ELVs from which ASR was collected	(1)No. of ELVs collected (unit) (2)No. of dismantled vehicles given to licensed 3^rd party for whole resource recycling of dismantled vehicles (unit)	347,425 20,922	433,482 29,005
	No. of ELVs from which ASR was collected	Total [(1)+ (2) units]	368,347	462,487
	Weight of ASR collected	(1)Weight of ASR collected (t) (2)Weight of ASR that would have been generated if not given to licensed 3^rd party whole resource recycling company (t)	66,485 4,083	81,435 5,515
	Weight of ASR collected	Total [(1)+ (2) t] --- C	70,568	86,950
	Weight of ASR recycled	(1)Weight of ASR taken in to recycling facilities (t)	65,580	74,917
		(2)Weight of residue emitted from the recycling facilities (t)	3,769	5,999
		(3)Weight of ASR recycled [(1)-(2) t]	61,811	68,919
		(4)Weight of ASR that would have been generated if not given to licensed 3^rd party whole resource recycling company (t)	4,083	5,515
		(5)Weight of residue that would have been exhausted if not given to licensed 3^rd party whole resource recycling company (t)	45	507
		(6)Weight of ASR recycled [(4)-(5) t]	4,038	5,008
		Total weight of ASR recycled [(3)+ (6) t] --- D ^*3	65,848	73,927
		Weight of ASR reduced (t) --- E	0	0

Recycling rates

Item	Descriptions	Fiscal year ended March 31, 2012	Fiscal year ended March 31, 2011
Airbags B / A	Recycling rate of airbag inflators (%) ^*4	93.6	94.1
ASR D / (C+ E)	Recycling rate of ASR (%) ^*5	93.3	85.0

Deposit vs. Cost

Item	Descriptions	Fiscal year ended March 31, 2012	Fiscal year ended March 31, 2011
Fluorocarbons	Recycling deposits received (yen) Cost of collecting/recovery/recycling (yen) Balance (yen)	710,934,132 642,572,334 68,361,798	840,002,036 776,350,114 63,651,922
Airbags	Recycling deposits received (yen) Cost of collecting/recovery/recycling (yen) Balance (yen)	534,777,172 507,585,356 27,191,816	535,891,392 510,727,739 25,163,653
ASR	Recycling deposits received (yen) Cost of collecting/recovery/recycling (yen) Balance (yen)	2,520,737,003 2,329,705,510 191,031,493	3,091,539,739 2,809,869,400 281,670,339
Total of 3 items	Recycling deposits received (yen) Cost of collecting/recovery/recycling (yen) Balance (yen)	3,766,448,307 3,479,863,200 286,585,107	4,467,433,167 4,096,947,253 370,485,914

Facilities which conform to the standards for treatment of ASR

For more information about the standard-conforming ASR treatment facilities Honda used, please refer to the website of TOYOTSU Recycle Corporation: URL:http://www.toyotsurecycle.co.jp/asr/

*1: A method of airbag recycling in which airbags are removed from the vehicle to collect inflators. Then, inflators are recycled at a designated recycling facility.
*2: A method of airbag recycling in which airbags are deployed while they are still on the vehicle.
*3: The total weight of ASR recycle will not be matched with the total of each items due to rounding errors.
*4: Airbag recycling rate = weight of metal collected/weight of inflators collected
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ASR Recycling Rate