Honda Environmental Annual Report 2008 > Data Index > Saitama Factory

• Address: 1-10-1 Shin-Sayama, Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
• Established: 1964
• Major products: Legend, Odyssey, Accord, etc.
• Number of associates: 5,334 (as of March 31, 2008)
• Water discharge points: sewage system (domestic and industrial wastewater); Iruma River (indirect cooling water)
• ISO 14001 acquired: January 1998

Item	Unit	Regulations (incl. agreed standards)	Voluntary standards	Measurement results
				Maximum (minimum)	Average
Hydrogen ion concentration	pH	5-9	5-9	7.0 (6.6)	7.0
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)	mg/L	600	360	300 (120)	208
Chemical oxygen demand (COD)	mg/L	Excluded because release is to sewage system
Suspended solids (SS)	mg/L	600	360	44 (13)	23.9
Oil content	mg/L	30	18	12 (2.0)	6.0
Phenols	mg/L	5	3	< 0.1	< 0.1
Copper and its compounds	mg/L	3	2	< 0.1	< 0.1
Zinc and its compounds	mg/L	2	2	1.0 (0.2)	0.3
Soluble iron and its compounds	mg/L	10	6	< 0.5	< 0.5
Soluble manganese and its compounds	mg/L	10	6	2.3 (< 0.5)	1.7
Total chromium	mg/L	2	1.2	< 0.05	< 0.05
Fluorine content	mg/L	8	5	3.2 (2.1)	2.7
Colon bacillus colony count	Parts/cm3	Excluded because release is to sewage system
Nitrogen	mg/L	240	150	25 (19)	21.3
Phosphorous	mg/L	32	20	19 (1.0)	10.3
Cadmium and its compounds	mg/L	0.1	0.06	< 0.01	< 0.01
Cyanides	mg/L	1	0.6	< 0.1	< 0.1
Organic phosphorus compounds	mg/L	1	0.6	< 0.1	< 0.1
Lead and its compounds	mg/L	0.1	0.06	0.009 (< 0.001)	0.002
Hexavalent chromium compounds	mg/L	0.5	0.3	< 0.05	< 0.05
Arsenic and its compounds	mg/L	0.1	0.06	< 0.01	< 0.01
Mercury and its compounds	mg/L	0.005	0.003	< 0.0005	< 0.0005
Alkyl mercury compounds	mg/L	Figures not generated	Figures not available	Figures not available	Figures not available
PCB	mg/L	0.003	0.0018	< 0.001	< 0.001
Trichlorethylene	mg/L	0.3	0.18	< 0.001	< 0.001
Tetrachloroethylene	mg/L	0.1	0.06	< 0.001	< 0.001
Dichloromethane	mg/L	0.2	0.12	< 0.02	< 0.02
Carbon tetrachloride	mg/L	0.02	0.012	< 0.002	< 0.002
1, 2 Dichloromethane	mg/L	0.04	0.024	< 0.004	< 0.004
1, 1 Dichloromethane	mg/L	0.2	0.12	< 0.02	< 0.02
cis-1, 2 Dichloromethane	mg/L	0.4	0.24	< 0.04	< 0.04
1,1,1 Trichloroethane	mg/L	3	1.8	< 0.001	< 0.001
1,1,2 Trichloroethane	mg/L	0.06	0.036	< 0.006	< 0.006
1, 3 Dichloropropene	mg/L	0.02	0.012	< 0.002	< 0.002
Thiram	mg/L	0.06	0.036	< 0.006	< 0.006
Simazine	mg/L	0.03	0.018	< 0.003	< 0.003
Thiobencarb	mg/L	0.2	0.12	< 0.02	< 0.02
Benzene	mg/L	0.1	0.06	< 0.01	< 0.01
Selenium and its compounds	mg/L	0.1	0.06	< 0.01	< 0.01

Item	Unit	Regulations (incl. agreed standards)	Voluntary standards	Measurement results
				Maximum (minimum)	Average
Hydrogen ion concentration	pH	5.8-8.6	5.8-8.6	7.7 (6.8)	7.2
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)	mg/L	25	15	1.2 (< 0.5)	0.9
Chemical oxygen demand	mg/L	30	18	3.6 (1.0)	2.2
Suspended solids (SS)	mg/L	60	36	17 (< 5)	< 5
Volume of n-hexane extract	mg/L	5	3	< 2.0	< 2.0
Lead and its compounds	mg/L	0.1	0.06	0.03 (< 0.001)	0.002

Item	Unit	Regulation standards (incl. agreed standards)	Voluntary standards	Measurement results
				Maximum (minimum)	Average
Particulates	g/Nm3	0.05	0.025	< 0.002	< 0.002
		0.10	0.05	< 0.003	< 0.003
		0.20	0.10	0.003 (< 0.002)	< 0.002
		0.25	0.125	0.006 (0.004)	0.005
Nitrogen oxides	ppm	70	10	8.3 (4)	5.65
		150	75	57 (21)	40.5
		180	90	73 (51)	64.3
		230	115	110 (29)	51.6
		250	125	100 (100)	100
Hydrogen chloride	mg/Nm3	500	200	140 (< 3.5)	70.9
Sulphur oxides	Nm3/h	7.01	4.58	0.594 (0.76)	0.68
Dioxins	ng-TEQ/Nm3	2.5	0.1	0.015	0.015

Substance	Volume handled	Volume discharged		Volume transferred		Recycling	Volume disposed	Volume consumed (transferred to products)
		Atmos- phere	Released into public water system	Sewage	Waste disposal sites outside company
Soluble zinc compounds	30,555	0	0	306	4,889	0	0	25,360
Bisphenol A epoxy resins	34,312	0	0	0	2,717	0	244	31,351
Ethyl benzene	395,235	179,077	0	0	0	136,960	25,857	53,341
Ethylene glycol	1,926,540	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,926,540
Xylene	943,163	297,423	0	0	0	327,823	71,224	246,693
1,3,5- trimethyl benzene	45,666	31,731	0	0	0	0	4,496	9,439
Toluene	1,166,675	509,899	0	0	0	19,828	138,583	498,365
Nickel compounds	5,729	0	0	1,318	974	0	0	3,437
Benzene	27,615	6	0	0	0	0	2,315	25,294
Polyoxy-ethylene alkyl ether (An alkyl radical combined with 12-15 carbon molecules and amalgams)	1,700	0	0	170	1,224	0	306	0
Formal-dehyde	1,963	1,963	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manganese and its compounds	14,471	0	0	724	5,788	0	0	7,959
Total	4,593,624	1,020,099	0	2,518	15,592	484,611	243,025	2,827,779
Dioxins (unit: mg-TEQ)	-	0.02	0	0	100.85	0	0	0

Area	Unit	Facility standard	Measurement results
Daytime	dB	70	66
Early evening	dB	65	64
Nighttime	dB	60	60

Area	Unit	Facility standard	Measurement results
Daytime	dB	60	44
Nighttime	dB	55	43

Item	Unit	Facility standard	Measurement results
Inpthanol	ppm	4	-
Xylene	ppm	2	0.01
Toluene	ppm	30	0.06
Ethyl benzene	ppm	-	< 0.01
Acetaldehyde	ppm	0.1	-