Environmental Management

Consistently in efforts to enhance waste management at all production sites. We implement waste avoidance and promote recycling and classification so that resources can be reused.

General Waste and Hazardous Industrial Waste Management Policies

Waste Management Goal and Principle
FENC strives to optimize waste management by improving resource efficiency in production activities, reducing waste through avoidance, and boosting the recycling and remanufacturing rates of production waste. The principle governing waste management is “classification to reduction; waste to earnings; earnings to valuables.”
Waste Disposal and Recycling
Qualified waste treatment companies are selected to ensure the recycling and reuse of valuable waste, and the proper disposal of valueless waste.
Compliance and Social Responsibility
Waste treatment is conducted in accordance with all applicable regulations and the quantity is filed with the authority as required by law. FENC will strengthen the control of hazardous waste, and track the type, quantity, destination, storage, utilization and treatment of outsourced hazardous waste to ensure compliance.

There were no occurrences of waste leakage at FENC in 2023, and the waste treatment did not pose any substantial and significant impact on the environment.

Waste Classification and Impact Assessment

Waste materials generated from the business activities at FENC can be broken down into 89% regular industrial waste and 11% hazardous industrial waste. The hazardous industrial waste includes used chemical bottles for testing, lubricant/oil and light tube/electrical batteries, which are stored in hazardous waste storage facilities and processed 100% by qualified waste management companies.

Upon the request its customer, toxic chemicals were used during testing at Plant 1 of OPTC in 2022, and the waste liquid was considered hazardous industrial waste. The request was no longer needed in 2023, and the plant submitted an application to the Department of Environmental Protection, Taoyuan City Government to cancel the permit for toxic chemical substances. The application was approved on July 26, 2023, and the waste liquid was disposed of on October 13. At OGM, the waste liquid derived from the testing conducted at the quality control laboratory is considered hazardous industrial waste and must be disposed of once a year as mandated by law. The disposal was completed on March 18, 2023.

Management Procedure for Waste Disposal Suppliers

Waste Treatment Process Flow

Waste Generated in 2023

Waste Volume per Unit of Production

Unit: kg / metric ton of production

Note: FEAZ, FEAV and FENV are not included.

Waste Generated per Unit of Production

Unit: kg / metric ton of production

		2020	2021	2022	2023
Treatment Methods	Recycling and Reuse	19.84	23.46	23.78	13.01
Treatment Methods	Non-Recycling and Non-Reuse	3.08	2.39	2.14	2.48
Type	General Industrial Waste	20.62	23.68	1.65	13.72
Type	Hazardous Industrial Waste	2.30	2.17	1,658	1.77
Total		22.92	25.85	25.92	15.49

Note: The data does not include FEAZ, FEAV and FENV.

Waste Generated

Unit: metric tons

		Treatment Methods		Type		Total Waste
		Recycling and Reuse	Non-Recycling and Non-Reuse	General Industrial Waste	Hazardous Industrial Waste	Total Waste
Petrochemical	2020	5,928	3,348	4,556	4,720	9,276
	2021	4,234	3,660	4,844	3,050	7,894
	2022	1,418	2,761	3,289	890	4,179
	2023	3,061	3,070	3,368	2,763	6,131
Polyester	2020	132,327	12,384	137,141	7,570	144,711
	2021	170,227	9,455	167,553	12,129	179,682
	2022	157,202	9,629	156,879	9,952	166,831
	2023	75,275	11,354	78,092	8,537	86,629
Textile	2020	11,272	7,506	13,747	5,031	18,778
	2021	14,857	6,156	18,712	2,301	21,013
	2022	15,872	3,328	17,903	1,297	19,200
	2023	13,298	3,034	15,148	1,184	16,332
Total	2020	149,527	23,238	155,444	17,321	172,765
	2021	189,318	19,271	191,109	17,480	208,589
	2022	174,492	15,718	178,071	12,139	190,210
	2023	91,634	17,458	96,608	12,484	109,092

The total waste generated in 2023 was down by 43% compared to 2022. The main contributing factors are the production decrease and the replacement of coal-fired boilers with the natural gas models, which reduced the generation of waste such as coal slag. The total waste per unit of production in 2023 dropped by 40% compared to the previous year, which is mainly attributed to the decrease in total waste. Through various management and improvement measures, FENC will continue to reduce, recycle and reuse waste, and achieve circularity.

Data of Waste

Unit: metric tons

Type and Treatment Method				2020	2021	2022	2023
Recyclable and Reusable Wastes	General Business Wastes	Manufacturing Process Wastes	On-site recycling and reuse	73,860	103,992	96,857	32,188
			Sold	25,395	30,006	27,333	17,818
			Off-site processing	36,420	38,646	37,709	30,045
		Domestic Wastes	On-site recycling and reuse	3	2	0	0
			Sold	167	155	411	140
			Off-site processing	1,390	1,242	1,103	558
	Hazardous Business Wastes		On-site recycling and reuse	0	0	0	0
			Sold	719	740	557	865
			Off-site processing	11,573	14,536	10,522	10,021
	Total Recyclable and Reusable Wastes			149,527	189,319	174,492	91,635
Non-recyclable and Non-reusable Wastes	General Business Wastes	Manufacturing Process Wastes	Incineration With Energy Recovery (On-Site)	0	0	0	2,344
			Incineration With Energy Recovery (Off-Site)	1,337	1,604	1,658	1,185
			Incineration Without Energy Recovery	8,876	7,488	5,063	2,811
			Landfilling	343	134	0	28
			Other Treatment Methods	2,265	2,537	2,423	4,034
		Domestic Wastes	Incineration With Energy Recovery (On-Site)	0	0	0	0
			Incineration With Energy Recovery (Off-Site)	373	361	215	332
			Incineration Without Energy Recovery	1,014	1,187	1,131	1,694
			Landfilling	2,661	2,249	2,336	1,757
			Other Treatment Methods	1,340	1,507	1,833	1,675
	Hazardous Business Wastes		Incineration With Energy Recovery (On-Site)	0	0	0	0
			Incineration With Energy Recovery (Off-Site)	0	53	25	59
			Incineration Without Energy Recovery	4,939	2,085	1,007	1,523
			Landfilling	2	0	0	1
			Other Treatment Methods	88	65	27	14
	Total Non-recyclable and Non-reusable Wastes			23,238	19,270	15,718	17,457
Total Wastes				172,765	208,589	190,210	109,092

Note:
1. Waste materials are classified based on local governmental regulations. For instance, sludge generated from wastewater treatment is deemed hazardous industrial waste based on the definitions of Chinese and Vietnamese governments while it is deemed as general industiral waste in Taiwan.
2. Non-recycling and non-reused waste disposal are handled off-site by qualified waste treatment companies.
3. The data collection on waste management accounts for 100% of FENC production sites in the scope of this report.

Value Chain Collaboration

FENC conducts safety training for waste treatment suppliers. The training raises their environmental awareness by covering safety precautions when loading waste materials and the plant security management system. A total of 275 participants, representing 31% of the 33 general waste treatment suppliers, attended the training in 2023; a total of 250 participants, accounting for 53% of the 18 hazardous waste treatment suppliers, were also in attendance.

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