For many years, Sharp/NEC has been active in environmental issues facing the display industry. We have embarked on both company- and industry-wide initiatives aimed at building products that are as environmentally friendly as possible.
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Sharp/NEC has accomplished its environmental initiatives in three ways:
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How We Reduce
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- By reducing the number of contaminants—such as mercury—in our products.
- By developing leading-edge lighting technology that permits up to a 50% reduction in display power consumption
- By reducing the number of plastics types that are used in our products
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How We Reuse
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- By using recycled paper for product manual printing
- By selling refurbished component parts
- By recycling more than 5 million pounds of materials so far through the Total Trade program
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How We Recycle
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- By using recycled plastics in a number of our products
- By designing our products to be more easily recycled
- By holding recycling events with local retailers
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