Packaging Materials
Environmental Efforts Relating to Packaging Materials
The Semiconductor & Storage Products Company has promoted use of substitutes for PVC (polyvinyl chloride) according to customer requests, and use of substitutes for cobalt chloride to comply with the EU’s Dangerous Substances Directive (Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labeling of dangerous substances (2004/73/ECAmendment. )) To comply with the EU’s regulations on waste and the REACH regulation, we have created an internal database of chemical substances contained in packaging materials.
Furthermore, to comply with the first phase of the so-called "China RoHS" regulations, appropriate labeling on outer packaging boxes is provided as shown below.Furthermore, to comply with the first phase of the so-called “China RoHS” regulations, appropriate labeling on outer packaging boxes is provided as shown below.
Meanwhile, Toshiba Semiconductor & Storage Products Company Group has been actively promoting the 3R (reduction, reuse, and recycling) of packaging materials for semiconductor products. For example, hard trays used in deliveries to customers are reused. Other non-reusable packaging materials, such as reels and magazines, are recycled as a part of our initiatives for conservation of resources.
As shown below, those packaging materials are collected for reuse/recycle not only in Japan but also from overseas, with some exceptions depending on the type of materials.
We are also in the process of developing packaging materials made of plant-based plastic as alternative materials.
