As demand for environmental protection rises, various tasks to be achieved are arising regarding motors, our products. The figure above outlines elements of our environmental responses. We are required to respond to environmental issues considering laws and regulations in respective countries, customer-specific standards, applications of our products, destinations for export of our products, and the like.
We believe, however, that it is the responsibility of Mabuchi Motor not only to respond to social needs but also to make efforts toward the realization of a society to share environmental information.

Reference : Environment-Related Directives in Europe

ELV (End of Life Vehicle) Directive

DIRECTIVE 2000/53/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 18 September 2000 on end-of-life vehicles

ELV Directive prohibits materials and components of vehicles put on the market in EU (European Union) after 1 July 2003 from containing lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium other than in some exceptional cases.
ELV Directive aims at the prevention of waste from vehicles and at the reduction of environmental burdens through reuse, recycling and the like of end-of-life vehicles so as to reduce the disposal of waste.

WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive

DIRECTIVE 2002/96/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

The purpose of WEEE Directive is the prevention of used electrical and electronic equipment as waste (WEEE), and, in addition, the reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery of such wastes so as to reduce the disposal of waste. (WEEE Directive was adopted by EU Conciliation Committee in January 2003.) Targets of recovery rate, reuse rate, and recycling rate (in the 50% through 80% range) are specified by product. Producers of electrical and electronic equipment subject to WEEE Directive are required to finance collection from collection facilities, and the treatment, recovery and disposal of WEEE. Governments of member states shall encourage the design and production of electrical and electronic equipment which take into account and facilitate dismantling and recovery, in particular the reuse and recycling of WEEE, their components and materials. RoHS Directive was established to complement WEEE Directive.

RoHS (Restricting the use of Hazardous Substance) Directive

DIRECTIVE 2002/95/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment

In EU, from 1 July 2006, it is prohibited to use heavy metals (lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium), and brominated flame retardants (polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)), namely six substances in total, for new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market. The purpose of RoHS Directive is to minimize risks of environmental burden causing substances to health or the environment. RoHS Directive is a directive that complements WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive. Exemptions from the substitution requirement should be permitted if substitution is not possible from the scientific and technical point of view.