Circular Economy
To enhance the transparency and data credibility of waste management, BenQ Materials has introduced a waste review mechanism to inspect the management process for waste from generation, classification, temporary storage, collection and transportation, treatment, to final destination. The review covers items such as the correctness of waste classification, generation volume statistics, collection, transportation, and treatment weighing records, reporting records, recycling and reuse certificates, and final treatment destinations, to confirm that waste management operations comply with regulatory requirements and have complete traceability.
Through the waste review system, BenQ Materials is able to identify high-generation waste categories, opportunities for optimizing treatment methods, and resource recycling and reuse opportunities. The review results serve as a basis for annual waste reduction targets, recycling and reuse improvements, and optimization of plant management. Based on audit results, the Company continuously promotes source reduction, refined classification, destination tracking, and reuse solution development to reduce environmental impacts and regulatory risks, while improving the quality of waste data disclosure. These efforts serve as an important management foundation for advancing toward circular economy and zero waste goals.
Waste management at all major operating sites has passed ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certification, ensuring that environmental issues are effectively controlled and continuously improved through systematic management. Each year, we set specific environmental improvement targets and continue to promote waste reduction and resource optimization strategies to reduce environmental impact and minimize waste generated during production.
In source management, BenQ Materials actively evaluates strategies for minimizing resource consumption (Reduce), optimizes raw material usage parameters and process technologies, and works with supply chain partners to improve raw material use efficiency, thereby reducing waste generation at the source.
In addition, to implement the concept of circular economy, BenQ Materials prioritizes material recycling and energy recovery through refined resource recovery and classification. Waste resources generated on-site that can no longer be used are entrusted to qualified waste treatment vendors for proper reuse. Incineration or landfill is selected only when recovery is not possible, ensuring that environmental impacts are minimized.
Through these measures, BenQ Materials strengthens corporate environmental responsibility and advances toward a more sustainable production model, achieving the parallel goals of environmental protection and economic development.
Waste Production Volume
Waste generated within each BenQ Materials plant can be divided into seven major categories: general industrial waste, potassium iodide, film waste, waste liquid and waste adhesive, recyclable waste liquid, solid waste, and recyclable resources. In 2025, total waste generation was 13,070.08 metric tons, an increase of 315 metric tons compared to the previous year. This was mainly due to the expanded 2025 data scope, which included subsidiaries GeneJet, Cenefom, and Web-Pro. In 2025, the recycling and reuse rate was 82.04%, an increase of 0.70% compared to the previous year. In 2025, waste collection, transportation, and disposal costs were approximately NT$42.56 million, accounting for 0.24% of revenue. In 2025, waste direct disposal intensity, calculated as the weight of directly disposed waste excluding recycling divided by revenue in NT$ millions, was 0.13.
Based on the review of recycled and reused waste, the recycling and reuse rate in 2025 was 82.04%, an increase of 0.66% compared to 2024. The Company continued to optimize distillation equipment, improving the distillation efficiency of PSA adhesive and enhancing its characteristics and quality. The material has been introduced to the plant for in-house circular reuse and 100% replacement of raw material use. In addition to reducing raw material purchases, this also creates economic value. Since 2021, 803.17 metric tons have been introduced into the plant for reuse. The Company continues to identify reuse vendors to introduce waste into other industries as raw materials or remanufacture it into products for reuse within the plant. (For waste data, please refer to Appendix 9.1 Scope of Data Disclosure)
Plastic Raw Materials Disclosure (Products only; packaging excluded)
BenQMaterials products contain
thermoplastic plastic materials. In 2024, the
total amount of plastic raw materials used in products was
16,052.39 metric tonnes; the
share sourced from recycled materials was 6.25
%.
Scope: This disclosure covers thermoplastic materials used within products only and excludes packaging materials. (Unit: metric tonnes)
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