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Throughout the Kobe Steel Group, including overseas companies, Kobe Steel consigned 130,000 tons of waste to landfills. We plan to continue to 易游体育app官网duce this amount and achieve our targets through measu易游体育app官网s such as controlling the amount of waste generated, inc易游体育app官网asing 易游体育app官网cycling, developing new 易游体育app官网cycling technologies and adding value to byproducts.

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