Waste Management

In 2023, we generated a total 338.27 tons of waste, including general industrial waste and domestic waste(excluding class E hazardous industrial waste), in which 156.64 tons (46.31%) of the waste were recycled, while 181.63 tons of waste could not be recycled. The total waste generation in 2023 increased by 89.68 metric tons compared with last year, all of which came from the increase in recyclable waste. The main reason was the large amount of food waste generated by the opening of the food court and the increase in scraps recycled from processing plants. An annual waste generation intensity was 0.007 tons per million dollars of revenue in 2023.

Amount of Waste Generated

Hazardous Industrial Waste

Hazardous industrial waste is the waste generated by any business that is toxic, dangerous, and in sufficient concentration or quantity to affect human health or pollute the environment. The Company generates hazardous industrial waste, mainly under the waste item E0217 (Scrapped electronic parts and components, leftover scrap and defective goods) from our activities of product experimentation. In 2023, a count on the total weight of hazardous industrial waste produced by all of our operating sites in Taiwan was made, which was 57.10 tons19 in total; and all the waste has been completely removed at the end of 2023.

All of the Company's hazardous industrial waste is removed by qualified disposal and treatment vendors, and conveyed to a professional electronics recycling and treatment plant, which treats the waste physically and chemically. The crushed waste is partially refined for metal recycling, and the unrecyclable part will be incinerated (there is no heat energy recovered during the course.) To ensure our hazardous industrial waste is handled properly by our contracted disposal and treatment vendors, the OHS Unit will inspect the operating procedures of the disposal and treatment vendors and their operating performance on a regular basis by following the removal truck to its destination in person or conducting on-site audits, making sure that the risks and impacts of our hazardous industrial waste posed on the environment are minimized. 12 in-vehicle audits and 2 onsite audits were conducted in 2023, and the vendors all passed the audits.