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Environmental data

Environment related data

Period covered: Aprill 2022-March 2023

  • *Wood manufacturing factories: FIRST WOOD Group factories (Fukui, Ohno, Moka), First Plywood factory (Aomori), AOMORI PLY WOOD factory (Aomori)
  • *Glass manufacturing factory: IG WINDOWS factories (Gunma, Osaka, Fukuoka)
  • *Housing equipment manufacturing factory: FIRST PLUS factory (Chiba, Osaka)
  • * Interior building materials manufacturing factory: ORIENT factory (Numata, Takayama)
  • *Other sites/offices: Sites/offices, etc. of consolidated group companies other than those listed above.

Water

Item (unit) Wood manufacturing factory Glass manufacturing factory Housing equipment manufacturing factory Interior building materials manufacturing factory Other sites/offices
Displacement volume (m³) 38,438 13,583 917 282 183,694
Sewer 13,157 13,583 473 282 183,647
Sea area - - - - -
River 25,281 - 444 - -
Lakes and marshes - - - - 47
Water resource usage (water intake) (m³) 40,017 13,583 917 60,088 183,733
Water supply 9,330 13,583 917 - 183,396
Main water source Groundwater, Kuzuryu River,
 Niida River, Semasu Dam
- Kita Chiba Wide Area Water Supply
Corporate group (company),
 Edogawa surface water/
Groundwater, Yodogawa,
 Inagawa, Mukogawa
- Sagami River, Josui,
 Tone River, Tone River water system,
 Arakawa water system, Lake Biwa surface water,
 Nunome Dam, groundwater
Industrial water 10,518 - - - -
Main water source - - - - -
Groundwater 20,168 - - 60,088 337
Main water source Groundwater, Kuzuryu River,
 Kinugawa, Lake Towada,
 Oirase River
- - Numata, Takayama Deep groundwater,
Tone River, Arakawa

Emissions to the atmosphere

Air pollutant management (measured concentration) Wood manufacturing factory Glass manufacturing factory Housing equipment manufacturing factory Interior building materials manufacturing factory
Ozone depleting substances (ODS) emissions (kg)
Production amount - - - -
Import amount - - - -
Export volume - - - -
Amount of significant air emissions (kg) 23,312 - - -
SOx (sulfur oxide) 1,960 - - -
NOx (nitrogen oxide) 15,457 - - -
POP (persistent organic pollutants) - - - -
VOC (volatile organic compounds) - - - -
HAP (hazardous air pollutants) - - - -
Dust, dust, particulate matter (PM) 5,895 - - -

Waste

Item (unit) Wood manufacturing factory Glass manufacturing factory Housing equipment manufacturing factory Interior building materials manufacturing factory Other sites/offices
Waste by type (manifest “Types of waste (major classification names)”) (t) 12,081 846 656 187,406 203,632
Wood shavings 9,914 147 567 16,253 38,262
Managed mixed waste 6 - 22 - 36,227
Waste plastics 206 133 55 27,741 21,812
Sludge 83 79 8 - 0.5
Scrap paper 0.5 - - 1,965 19,824
Waste oil 20 - - - -
Waste acid - - - - -
Glass, concrete, ceramic scraps 2 473 - - 42,659
Cinders 562 - - - -
Soot and dust (obtained by processing factory exhaust gas) - - - 141,448 -
Scrap metal 32 12 2 - 6,658
Plasterboard - - - - 2,501
Fiber waste (natural fiber waste) - - - - 599
Cardboard - - - - 420
Debris (unnecessary materials generated due to new construction, renovation, or removal of structures) 1,172 - - - 14,764
Stable mixed waste 33 - 2 - 1,010
Mercury-using products industrial waste - - - - 0.4
Waste batteries - - - - 0.4
Ascon junk - - - - -
Concrete junk - - - - -
Concrete debris - - - - 1,685
Construction mixed waste - - - - 14,913
Industrial waste containing asbestos - - - - 223
Asphalt/concrete debris - - - - 2,075
Mixed waste - - - - -
New construction mixed waste - - - - -
Bottle can - - - - -
PET bottles - - - - -
Waste electrical equipment - - - - 0.1
Flammable waste oil - - 0.0 - -
Waste alkali with pH 12.5 or higher - - - - -
Waste alkali with pH less than 12.5 51 - - - -
Animal/plant residue - - - - 0.1
Composite material - 2 - - -
Specified home appliances - - - - 0.0

Hazardous substance management

Item (unit) Wood manufacturing factory Glass manufacturing factory Housing equipment manufacturing factory Interior building materials manufacturing factory
Chemical substance management (amount handled) (kg)
Methylene chloride (dichloromethane) 92,000 - - 18,700
Methylenebis(4,1-phenylene)
= diisocyanate
25,029,134 - - -
Acrylic acid and water-soluble salts - - - -
Normal-butyl acrylate - - - -
Glyoxal - - - -
Vinyl acetate - - - -
Phenol - - - -
Water-soluble salts of peroxodisulfate - - - -
Poly(oxyethylene)
= alkyl ether
(Limited to alkyl groups with 12 to 15 carbon atoms and mixtures)
- - - -
Formaldehyde 0.0 - - -
Methacrylic acid - - - -
Morpholine 0.4 - - -
Hydrazine - - - -
Air pollutant management (measured concentration) Wood manufacturing factory Glass manufacturing factory Housing equipment manufacturing factory Interior building materials manufacturing factory
CO (carbon monoxide) µg/Nm³ - - - -
Amount of atmospheric emissions (kg) - - - -
SOx (sulfur oxide) µg/Nm³ 14,294 - - -
Amount of atmospheric emissions (kg) 1,960 - - -
NOx (nitrogen oxides) µg/Nm³ 112,910 - - 310
Amount of atmospheric emissions (kg) 15,457 - - -
H2S (hydrogen sulfide) µg/Nm³ - - - -
Amount of atmospheric emissions (kg) - - - -
NH3 (ammonia) ppm - - - -
Amount of atmospheric emissions (kg) - - - -
O3 (ozone) ppm - - - -
Amount of atmospheric emissions (kg) - - - -
Dust, dust, particulate matter (PM)mg/Nm³ 43 - - 0
Amount of atmospheric emissions (kg) 5,895 - - -
TSP (Debu Total) Total suspended particulate matter µg/Nm³ - - - -
Amount of atmospheric emissions (kg) - - - -
VOC (volatile organic compounds) 1bs - - - -
Amount of atmospheric emissions (kg) - - - -
POP (persistent organic pollutants) - - - -
Amount of atmospheric emissions (kg) - - - -
HAP (hazardous air pollutants) - - - -
Amount of atmospheric emissions (kg) - - - -
Water pollutant management (measured concentration) (mg/L) Wood manufacturing factory Glass manufacturing factory Housing equipment manufacturing factory Interior building materials manufacturing factory
pH 8.000 - - 14.800
BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) 418.000 - - -
COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) 120.000 - - -
SS (Suspended Solids amount) - - - -
Normal hexane extract (mineral oil) - - - -
Normal hexane extract (plants and animals) - - - -
Iodine consumption - - - -
Contains phenols - - - -
Cyanide 0.200(*1) - - -
Copper-containing material - - - -
Zinc-containing material - - - -
Soluble iron content - - - -
Soluble manganese content - - - -
Benzene 0.002(*1) - - -
Boron and its compounds 0.400(*1) - - -
Fluorine and its compounds 0.300 - - -
Formaldehyde - - - -
Trichlorethylene 0.004(*1) - - -
Ammonia, ammonium compounds
Nitrite compounds and nitrate compounds
1.400(*1) - - -
1,4-dioxane 0.010(*1) - - -
Selenium and its compounds 0.010(*1) - - -
Thiobencarb 0.004(*1) - - -
Simazin 0.001(*1) - - -
Thiuram 0.001(*1) - - -
1,3-dichloropropene 0.000(*1) - - -
1,1,2-trichloroethane 0.001(*1) - - -
1,1,1-trichloroethane 0.001(*1) - - -
Cis-1,2-dichloroethylene 0.008(*1) - - -
Dichloroethylene 0.004(*1) - - -
Dichloroethane 0.001(*1) - - -
Carbon tetrachloride 0.000(*1) - - -
Dichloromethane 0.004(*1) - - -
Tetrachlorethylene 0.001(*1) - - -
Polychlorinated biphenyls 0.001(*1) - - -
Arsenic and its compounds 0.010(*1) - - -
Hexavalent chromium compound 0.100(*1) - - -
Organophosphorus compounds 0.200(*1) - - -
Lead and its compounds 0.010(*1) - - -
Cadmium and its compounds 0.002(*1) - - -
Mercury and alkylmercury
Other mercury compounds
0.001(*1) - - -
Alkylmercury compounds - - - -
  • *1 This value is the lower limit of quantification for the analytical method, and the actual value will be lower than this.