Product Recycling
Leading the way to a recycling-based society
Since the introduction of Japan’s End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling Law in 2005, automakers have
been obliged to recycle and properly dispose of shredder residue, airbags and CFCs. Honda
has long been proactive in implementing product recycling. In 1991 we began recovering and
recycling replacement bumpers. In 1998 we launched the sale of remanufactured parts. In
2004 we began recovering and recycling automobile oil filters. Honda has consistently been
first among Japan’s leading automakers to take action on recycling.
Honda’s policy on product recycling
- Design products that are superior in performance in accordance with the reduce, reuse, recycle principle
- Implement economical and effective recycling measures and use the results as feedb (A)ck in new product development
- Give priority to designs that allow for reusability and reduce the energy and other resources needed for reuse and recycling
- Minimize SOCs contained in products, taking into account the disposal of end-of-life vehicles
- Cooperate and collaborate with all stakeholders
