CREATING A GREENER FUTURE •
At Thomson Consumer Electronics we are dedicated to the preservation of our
natural heritage and to a healthy and safe way of life for current and future
generations. This is a global effort which encompasses every THOMSON facility
throughout the world.
We believe that clean air, clean water, a protected earth, and healthy people are
not only practicaland desirable goals, but achievable ones as well. Our Corporate
Environmental, Health and Safety Charter acknowledges our commitment tO
protect these precious assets and provides a challenging vision and guideline for
conducting our business. "
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•Below are a few examples of Thomson's achievements in our efforts to preserve our natural resources.
Thomson reclaims millions of peunds
of hazardous waste annually, diverting
it from landfills.
Thomson treats millions of pounds of
wastewater sludgeannuallyand renders
it no_-hazardous. .
Thomson .recycles over 50 million
pounds of'non-hazardous material
annually that otherwise .would have
been treated as trash, an overall
recovery rate of 50%.
Thomson globally recycles millions of
pounds of broken television picture tube
glass annually through both intemal and
external reclaim processes.
Thomson has replaced solvent-based
paints at many locations resulting in an
80% reduction in toxic air emissions for
equivalent material used.
Thomson has eliminated the use of
ozone-depleting, substances at t e I e-
vision manufacturing facilities around
•the w0dd.
Thomson collects and returns over 1.5
million pounds of glass and furnace dust
to the glass making process annually.
Thomson has launched worldwide
energy savings programs which con-
tribute to efforts to reduce air emissions
from electrical generating facilities.
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Thomson recovers over 2 million
pounds of fine glass particles from
process water each year and recycles
them back into its glass furnaces.
Thomson's state-of-the-art waste water
treatment plants filter out over 26
million pounds of solids from process
water each.yesr.
Thomson's U.S. glass factorY recycles
2,500 gallons of water per minute and
cleans 2.6 million gallons of water per
day.
• Thomson is researching new processes
and is developing new manufacturing
equipment and technologies to further
reduce largevolume water use.
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