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Sustainability Report_14-10-2008:Layout 1 10/14/08 2:44 PM Page 16 ENERGY EFFICIENT CARS At Toyota, we have built energy efficiency and CO 2 reduction technology into our products for a number of years. By the end of March 2008, a global total of over 1.4 million hybrid clean energy vehicles had been sold since first launching. The Prius hybrid has been available in South Africa since January 2005. From late 2008, the Lexus GS450h and SUV also became available. South African sales of the Prius – from launch in 2005 to end FY’07 – reached 569. This equates to a potential CO 2 saving of over 1,800 tons 4 . Sales of hybrid vehicles globally are steadily increasing, with 16% more vehicles sold in FY2007 compared to FY2006. Although only a small number of these vehicles are sold locally, indications are that they are growing in popularity, with a slight increase as a percentage of total vehicle sales. WASTE RECOVERY: CARDBOARD BAILING Recycling of Resources Packaging Toyota Motor Corporation’s global drive has seen reductions of about 3-million tons of packaging and wrapping materials, while Toyota South Africa is concentrating on improving packaging efficiencies and improving shop floor discipline to reduce the amount of packaging used in total, and per vehicle produced. We have achieved solid results from July 2007 to January 2008, whereby packaging efficiency improved from 59% to 72% of total packaging space available. Waste The main sources of waste at Toyota South Africa are packaging and production process waste. Our target for 2010 is 23,4 kg/unit from production. Our waste is domestic or general waste; one of our areas for improvement in the future is to intensify our focus on the recovery of recyclable waste. The waste programme has delivered an improvement, in FY’07 from the 31,78 kg/unit the previous year. WASTE: PRODUCTION 40.00 30.00 kg/u 20.00 10.00 0.00 FY’04 FY’05 FY’06 FY’07 Actual 26.59 28.56 31.78 28.99 4. Calculated based on per vehicle savings of 20 tons CO 2 over 10 year life of vehicle when compared to the old Corolla’s. In FY’07 we recycled 62% of our total waste volume; and only 38% of our waste went to landfill. 16
Sustainability Report_14-10-2008:Layout 1 10/14/08 2:44 PM Page 17 WASTE WATER: PRODUCTION No waste is shipped internationally, and all hazardous waste is collected by a registered waste disposal company. In FY’06 a total of 2,120 tons of hazardous waste were disposed of. This decreased to 1,844 tons in FY’07. The hazardous waste is taken to registered disposal sites. In 2007, Toyota launched an Internal Recycling Project at its marketing offices in Sandton, Johannesburg in which staff were encouraged to start sorting waste and recycling at home, and to bring the resultant recyclable waste to the office. Since the launch of the ‘Waste from Home’ campaign, employee recyclable waste contributions average around 200kg per week. kl/u 5 4 3 2 1 0 FY’04 FY’05 FY’06 FY’07 Actual 3.43 2.89 3.21 2.87 Our waste recovery efforts do not only focus on materials. In the Paint Line, hot gas from the burners gets captured and sent back to the ovens. This recirculation of hot air significantly reduces energy consumption in the Paint Line. We also concentrate on reducing water use through recycling of waste water. From 2006 to 2007, waste water from the TSM Main Waste Water Treatment Plant reduced by 11% (from 3.21 kl/u to 2.87 kl/u). In 2006, the waste water treatment plant was upgraded and capacity was increased to accommodate the increased production arising from Paint Line 3. The upgrade was in order to achieve the waste water quality requirements set by the municipality, and the treatment plant was designed to meet 50% better than legal requirements. The waste water treatment plant has a maximum output capacity of 120m 3 per hour, and currently runs at an average of 60% of its capacity. Water In South Africa, the 30 th driest country in the world, reducing water consumption is key to Toyota South Africa’s sustainability.We draw water from the eThekwini municipality that supplies more than three million people. Following the increase in consumption due to the introduction of Paint Line 3, our water use has started to decline again. Our water usage and waste water increased in FY’06 because we were running two paint lines. This impacted on consumption per unit which has stabilised since the close of Paint Line 2. WATER USAGE: PRODUCTION kl/u 8 6 4 2 0 FY’04 FY’05 FY’06 FY’07 Actual 5.34 4.64 6.99 6.70 Sustainability Report 2008 17
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