About Us

Resources Saving and Recycling

We reduce use of valuable resources,
and promote recycling of the resources.

Basic Concept

Pioneer aims not to input unnecessary materials but to utilize the input materials without ruined then ship products. With this concoct, Pioneer includes wastes (unnecessary materials) and valuables (materials having market values as resources) generated during business activities into assessment index to proceed the activities.

  1. Garbage separation at workplace
  2. Promotion of recycle activities
    (Removal of landfill waste)
  3. Improvement of recycle quality
    (Thermal Recycle → Reuse)
  4. Reduction of generation amount including valuables
    (Do not use unnecessary resources)

Introduction of Activities

Reduction of environmental impacts
(Reduction of negative output)

Waste material of the package film will be plastic bag (Kawagoe Plant)

At the Recycle Center in Kawagoe Plant, we collaborate with business partner to recycle the stretch film for package, which is discharged in this plant into plastic bags, then reuse as trash bags. By recycling 531 kg of the waste film material in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, resources were saved, and 1,760 kg of the CO2 emission could be reduced. These recycled plastic bags are used not only at the Kawagoe Plant, but also at other Offices, including our headquarter and Myogadani Office.

Stretch film for package of parts and products is recycled to plastic bags

Food wastes will be used as the renewable energy (Kawagoe Plant)

In the employee cafeteria of Kawagoe plant, we have been devised to reduce the leftover foods. The generated food wastes despite all efforts have been thermally recycled before. However, we have contracted with a new company that creates renewable energy from food waste to generate renewable electricity from biogas by methane fermentation of food waste. The generated residue is recycled as roadbed material, etc., helping to reduce the amount of final disposal.

Process from food waste to renewable energy

Food wastes
from cafeteria

Methane fermentation

Biogas

Power generation

Electricity
(Renewable energy)

Example of Activity for Efficient Use of Resources
(Kawagoe Plant)

We changed handling method of the "IPA (isopropyl alcohol)" used for cleaning of the production machines from disposing to recycling after use. Moreover, we can carry out the waste liquid when carrying in the recycled solution, resulting energy for transportation can be saved and CO2 can be reduced.

Recycling Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA)

Recycle Promotion Activities by Separation Dismantling
(Kawagoe Plant)

Easy-to-recycle decomposition levels

During development, prototypes evaluated for performance are disassembled and disposed of at a recycling center of Kawagoe plant. We exchanged related information with a recycling company and set a decomposition level that makes recycling easy. And the display of valuable prices by type of IC, circuit, material, etc. at waste collection area helps raise employee awareness of recycling.

Recycling center

Example of increase in classification awareness
by numbering garbage bags (Kawagoe Plant)

Numbers are assigned to respective workplaces and indicated in all garbage bags to enable identification and feedback to the concerned division if there is any classification mistake. The items in which mistakes were made are posted on our internal portal site for all employees, and listed as the “Top 10 mistakes examples".

Activities in Stage of Design
and Parts Purchasement

At the parts procurement stage, we select materials that enable reducing the number of types of plastic materials used, not adhering to different types of plastic materials, not attaching resin film to packaging boxes, and promoting use of recycled materials. We select materials which are easily collected, classified, and dismantled.

Resource
recycling

  1. Manufacturing eco-products
  2. Customer use
  3. Collection
    • Appropriate disposal
    • Final
      disposal
  4. Recycling
  5. Manufacturing
    parts

Considering collection,
classification,
and dismantling

Products Assessments

At the design stage, product assessments are conducted for the following items, and target values are set for each item to promote product development with an emphasis on resource recycling.

  • Reduction of weight and volume
  • Use of recycled resources and recycled parts
  • Improvement of recyclability rate
  • Easier manual dismantling and classification
  • Packaging
  • Environmental preservation