Panasonic cares about the Environment

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Lead & mercury free plasmas

Panasonic is conscious about the environment. That's why Mercury and Lead has been eliminated from all VIErA plasma display panels. This reduces the environmental impact resulting from recycling or disposal processes in the future. VIErA is now gentler on the environment. Previous models contained 70 g of lead per panel. This means that the new VIErA has successfully reduced a total of 280 tons of lead from the four million units that are produced each year.

Environmentally friendly long life span
 

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VIErA panels offer a long service life of more than 30 years (or 100,000 hours), when watched for eight hours a day. That's a lot of viewing pleasure. Panasonic continues its diligent research and development on quality products that last.

Launch of NEO Plasma technology to decrease power consumption

70g 2006 model - Lead free display 0g Panasonic's Neo Plasma TVs, launched in 2009, cut the power consumption by almost 50% (in comparison with the 2007 range). How? Neo Plasma is responsible for increasing the plasma's luminous efficiency, resulting in up to a 50% power consumption saving.

Ready to be involved in TV recycling program when launched

Panasonic is a foundation member of the organisation Product Stewardship Australia (PSA), which is working with government to introduce a product stewardship scheme to cover the collection, reuse and recycling of end-of life TVs.

When this scheme is launched, Panasonic will participate in TV recycling.

Eco friendly TV factory

Panasonic is promoting 'zero waste emissions' to attain a recycling rate of 99% or above. Our Amagasaki Plant in Japan, where plasma display panels are manufactured, has achieved a 100% recycling rate.

In addition, at the Amagasaki plant:

  • The photocatalytic coating on the factories walls decomposes harmful nitrogen oxides (Nox)
  • Rainwater is collected and used to water plants
  • The "Kaze Kanome" hybrid system produces electricity from solar and wind energy

Reduction of TV packaging waste

The Australian Government sought to encourage organisations to join the National Packaging Covenant and embrace the principles of product stewardship by developing innovative strategies to reduce packaging waste going to landfill and to contribute funds to develop improved kerbside recycling programs.

The aim is to include all organisations within the packaging supply chain to work together to reduce packaging waste at all points in the chain.

Panasonic became a signatory to the Covenant in July 2000. As a signatory to the covenant, Panasonic has now successfully diverted in excess of 79% of business waste from landfill and is working to improve this figure.

eco ideas For more information on Panasonic Global Environment Initiatives, visit our eco ideas website.