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Panasonic and the EnvironmentREDUCE ~ REUSE ~ RECYCLE
Dear Panasonic Customer
Thank you for choosing to buy a Panasonic colour television. This product was assembled at our Panasonic
Television Factory in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia under an internationally accredited Quality and
Environmental Management System. You can therefore be assured that you have purchased a quality product
incorporating environmentally friendly features, such as lead free soldering, to reduced potential environmental
impacts.
As part of our commitment to conserving natural resources, we provide the following information about the reuse,
recycling and disposal of your packaging.
Cardboard
Cardboard comprises up to 75% of the packaging in your Panasonic TV and all of our cartons
are manufactured with optimum levels of recycled fibre.
1. Reuse
Cartons can be readily folded and packed flat for storage and made up when required for
later use.
2. Recycling
If you, or someone else has no further use for the carton, it can be flattened or cut up and placed into the
recycle bin or service provided by your local council (applicable for most parts of Australia). By recycling the
cardboard you are benefiting the environment by reducing waste to landfill and reducing the dependence on
virgin forest timbers for paper fibre.
Plastics
Panasonic is reducing the number of different plastics used in both the television and its packaging.
Unfortunately you are unable to include the type of plastic used in television packaging in the curbside-recycling
program. Polystyrene foam and other plastic will need to be placed in your general waste bin.
About Panasonic
Panasonic Australia Pty Limited and Panasonic AVC Networks Australia Pty Ltd are signatories to the ‘National
Packaging Covenant’. The covenant is an agreement between governments and member companies aimed at
reducing the amount of waste going to landfill through REDUCING, REUSING and
RECYCLING.
Panasonic Australia Pty Limited and Panasonic AVC Networks Australia Pty Ltd have
Environmental Management Systems in place that are internationally certified to ISO14001.
Both companies are committed to reducing reusing and recycling and contribute funding to
support the curbside recycling of packaging and the recycling of colour television receivers.
Panasonic Australia Pty Limited and Panasonic AVC Networks Australia Pty Ltd are active participants in CESA
(Consumer Electronics Supplier Association). This group is currently working on how to manage end-of-life disposal
of manufactured products in an environmentally responsible manner and are collaborating with government, industry
and other stakeholders in striving for best practice in Product Stewardship.