“Mercury Waste Recycling Technology” has been registered to UNIDO ITPO Tokyo’s Environmental Technology Database.

The technology can remove and recycle mercury from a wide variety of mercury waste, such as fluorescent lamps, dry-cell batteries, blood pressure devices or thermometers, without causing damage to the environment or human health.

The technology is used in the facility of Nomura Kohsan, which inherited the technology and equipment from Nomura Mining (est. 1939) – a company that operated a mercury mine for nearly 35 years. The mercury treatment process meets the National Effluent Standards of Japan for landfill disposal that is known as one of the world’s most stringent standards.