In Japan, approximately 100 million tires, equivalent to 1 million tons, are disposed of very year. Used tires collected from customers at AUTOBACS Group stores are pulverized and processed into chips by specialists and are recycled as a source of thermal energy. At the factories of such specialists collecting used tires from AUTOBACS Group stores in Kanto’s vicinity, over 100 tons of used tires are brought in, selected, broken, and transformed into sources of energies every day. Used oils and batteries are also separated by material and processed correctly by designated operators and are then recycled.

In addition, radiator liquids, bumpers, and aluminum wheels are separated by material and reused. Through recycling them by material, approximately 90% of an entire automobile’s parts are recycled. Recycling fees are used for transforming parts into different materials and for processing airbags and CFC gas that are cumbersome to process.

In response to environmental problems such as disasters caused by climate change, lack of water and food, and depletion of natural resources, which are becoming increasingly serious, we aim to reduce the generation of waste through the development of environmentally friendly products and maintenance services.
We are continuing our efforts to reduce the use of plastic bags by encouraging customers to reduce the use of plastic bags even after the introduction of a fee for plastic bags.

Also, we are working to minimize the amount of waste generated by the packaging of our private brand products by reducing the weight and reviewing the materials of such packaging.

Since 2002, as part of the AUTOBACS Group's social contribution inititatives, we have recruited employees to volunteer and periodically pick up trash at the foot of Mt. Fuji and Aokigahara Jukai.
The areas around Mt. Fuji have illegally dumped waste that includes used tires and batteries. As we are the AUTOBACS Group, a group dedicated to providing total car life services, we believe that the collection of such waste is an important initiative. Also, in order to contribute as a corporation to beautifying our local environment in Toyosu, Koto-ku where our headquarters is located, we have been holding clean-up activities every week with volunteering employees since 2005.