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Panasonic
and the Environment
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Dear Panasonic Customer,
Welcome to the Panasonic family. We hope that you will have many years of enjoyment from
your new Colour Television.
Thank you for choosing to buy this Panasonic Colour Television. It was assembled at our Panasonic
Television factory in Penrith, Australia under an internationally accredited quality and environmental
system. You can therefore be assured that you have purchased a quality product incorporating features
to reduce 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 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 and Panasonic AVC Networks Australia Pty Ltd contribute
to the industry transitional funding arrangements to support curbside recycling in Australia.
