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Durham University SANYO Studentship

The new PhD program with Durham University in the UK, called “Solar Cities in Europe: Embedding Photovoltaics”, will investigate the institutional factors that make the use of photovoltaic technology as a renewable energy possible in cities across Europe. The programme will commence in September 2007 and leading the research will be Anne Maassen, who completed her MSc at King’s College London. The studentship was made possible from a grant provided by SANYO Europe Ltd. to Durham County Council to thank local authorities and the general public for supporting the activities of SANYO Electric over the years. This is the first in a line of joint activities between SANYO and the local council in the North East of England.


Emirates Environmental Group


SANYO Gulf FZE and the leading NGO in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Emirates Environmental Group (EEG), announced a 3-year agreement to build greater awareness of eco-friendly products among the region’s youths. This was achieved by providing environmental education and running a battery collection campaign at schools across the region. Schools were encouraged to collect single use battery cells in purpose built collection boxes, provided by SANYO. To encourage them, a set of prizes were made available for the top collecting schools. During the course of the campaign, close to 1.4 tons of dry battery cells were collected and handed over to the local municipality.


RECHARGE Battery Collection Days

SANYO has participated in regular dry cell battery collection days at the European Parliament in Brussels. The last event which concluded on 15 May 2007 saw 135 kilograms of used dry cells being collected over the course of one week. The activity was staged in collaboration with RECHARGE, a European based NGO whose members include actors in all stages of the battery lifecycle. The battery collection days at the European Parliament have taken place shortly after the enactment of the European Battery Directive which sets targets on the quantity of batteries that must be recycled in member states, in an effort to reduce the level of toxic waste at landfill sites across Europe.