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Management of PCB

Storage and management of PCB

Since 1972, when the manufacture of products using polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) was discontinued in Japan, Toshiba Group has kept PCB and PCB-containing products under strict surveillance, controlled them, and reported their storage to the relevant authorities in accordance with the Waste Management and Public Cleansing Act and the Act on Special Measures concerning Promotion of Proper Treatment of PCB Wastes. In addition to meeting the prescribed storage standards, it makes doubly sure through the installation of dykes and double containers and other measures that they are stored appropriately.

In order to treat PCB and PCB-containing products safely and as swiftly as possible, Toshiba, along with group companies, has registered some 7,600 transformers and condensers with Japan Environmental Safety Corporation (JESCO), which started to provide wide-area PCB treatment services in FY2005. In FY2008, about 50 high-voltage condensers were treated. In the future, Toshiba Group will continue to treat PCB and PCB-containing products properly in accordance with JESCO’s treatment plans.

photo of PCB storage

In this warehouse, PCB and PCB-containing products are kept under strict surveillance by taking such measures as the installation of dykes and double containers.

photo of PCB-containing equipment

PCB-containing equipment being transported to Japan Environmental Safety Corp.