Weikeng’s operation bases have no manufacturing factories with toxic waste generated, and only generate waste electronic products and general waste from the office and storage center (such as scrapped personal computer equipment, defective IC products, cartons, packaging materials, paper and other waste).

In accordance with the regulations of each county and city government and the central regulations of each operating location in Taiwan, we handle waste recycling, management, and classification in accordance with the law. In addition, the waste treatment companies entrusted by the Company are all approved by the local environmental protection bureaus and provide relevant proof of processing for continuous tracking. In 2023, there was no breach of contract or violation of regulations in waste disposal.

Waste removal permit for waste disposal vendor

We consider the impact on ecological efficiency when engaging in any business activity. By reducing waste generation, recycling waste, and reusing packaging and shipping materials, we expect to avoid resource consumption and pollution and thereby reduce our impact on the natural environment.

At the same time, the administration unit reviews the waste disposal status and output of each business location. In the event of an abnormal amount of waste, each unit is requested to propose cause analysis, review and improvement. We aim to achieve the goal of reducing the weight of waste by 1~2% every year.

Weikeng's waste can be classified as non-recyclable (general household waste) and recyclable waste (paper, plastic, metal, and waste electronic components, etc.). There was a total of 102.92 tons of waste in 2023^note and the waste density was 0.0031 tons/NT$ Million, an increase of 5.03 tons from 2022, accounting for 5.14%, mainly due to the lifting of the epidemic in 2023 and no longer implementation of work from home, but the intensity still decreased by 8.82%.

The Company attaches great importance to waste management, emphasizing the 3Rs of the circular economy with regard to recycled materials: Re-use, Re-generation, and Re-manufacturing; actively implementing reduction at source. Accordingly, the implementation aspects of the recycled materials policy include:

The Company implemented complete reuse of original packaging boxes/cartons, and tries its best not to add other packaging materials, including cartons, anti-shock materials, parts boxes, etc., and minimizes package shipments to reduce the waste of packaging resources.

For packaging materials required for logistics operations such as outer boxes, cartons, cardboard, etc., the planning is towards the use of renewable materials that can be recycled or can be decomposed and regenerated through the natural biological cycle.

In the use of printers/business machines in offices and storage centers, we prioritize recycled paper, use double-sided printing by default, reduce color printing, and promote paperless online meetings.

We implement the resource reuse policy for general waste from offices and storage centers. All business waste is centrally managed and sorted; the building factory management center outsources waste recycling and treatment every month, and records the quantity and removal of waste.

For scrapped semiconductor components, which can contain valuable metals such as gold, silver, palladium and platinum, as well as recyclable metals such as copper, lead, zinc, aluminum, tin and iron, the Company has commissioned qualified contractors to recycle them via regeneration or remanufacturing, and provide relevant treatment certificates for subsequent tracking. The statistical analysis of this process is expected to start in 2023.

The Company sends confidential documents to qualified paper mills twice a year to make recycled paper, thereby implementing the policy of resource reuse.