By reducing waste generated at hospitals, disposal costs and CO2 emissions will be significantly reduced! Macnica and Machida City, Tokyo, will operate the latest waste reduction device.

Macnica (headquarters: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Representative Director and President: Kazumasa Hara; hereinafter referred to as Macnica) announced today that it has provided its dry heat sterilizer "Melt King IOT" to Machida City Hospital (Machida City, Tokyo; Director: Kanazaki Akira; hereinafter referred to as Machida City Hospital), a general hospital in Machida City, Tokyo. The dry heat sterilization device reduces waste volume, thereby reducing disposal costs and CO2 emissions, and also serves as a resource circulation solution that renders infectious waste harmless.

■ The waste disposal problem in Japan is urgently needed
Waste disposal is currently a global issue. There are problems such as waste flowing into the environment due to the increase in waste generated by economic growth, CO2 emissions from transporting and incinerating waste, and limitations in the costs and processing capacity of landfills and recycling. In recent years, problems have also been raised regarding the export of waste to developing countries. In Japan, too, the reduction of waste volume and CO2 emissions related to recycling and waste are major issues for local governments.

As a circular economy business, Macnica develops and sells products and systems that contribute to carbon neutrality and resource circulation, and promotes corporate activities that contribute to "creating, using, and reusing energy" and "not waste being waste." In the midst of this, we believe it will be necessary to shift from the method of processing local waste at large facilities to a decentralized waste processing system in which waste generators take responsibility for reducing and recycling waste.

■To reduce CO2 emissions related to waste disposal at the municipal hospital, which serves as the center of regional medical care, the waste volume reduction device Melt King was introduced for the first time.
Machida City, Tokyo, is a local government that is proactively working to reduce CO2 emissions through various initiatives. Among these initiatives, Machida City Hospital, as a public medical institution that provides medical care for the local community, has played an important role in supporting the local medical system through testing, treatment, inpatient care, emergency medical care, and disaster relief, and as the flagship hospital in the region, it was considering solutions to reduce emissions and CO2 emissions.
In response to these efforts, Macnica introduced Meltking IOT at Machida Municipal Hospital, which makes it possible to detoxify infectious waste by performing intermediate waste treatment within the hospital, and to significantly reduce CO2 emissions and costs associated with transportation and incineration by reducing the volume of waste. By reducing the volume of waste, it is possible to reduce the volume by 70% to 80%, which makes it possible to reduce CO2 emissions per ton of waste by a similar ratio. In addition, by detoxifying infectious waste in addition to reducing the volume, significant reductions in expenses can also be expected.

■The latest model, "Meltking IOT," has evolved even further with Macnica 's AI technology.
The "Meltking IOT" is equipped with an AI terminal that uses deep learning to enable remote advance prediction of breakdowns and optimize processing recipes to reduce CO2 emissions.
Currently, Machida City Hospital is actively working to solve the waste problem and reduce CO2 emissions, holding information sessions for hospitals in the area, in the hope that it can serve as an example to other medical institutions.
Macnica will continue to promote this device to many hospitals across the country as a solution that can simultaneously achieve significant cost reductions and resolve local issues.

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■About the Environmental Solutions Business of Macnica
Macnica In addition to handling semiconductors, MCC is working with various partners to solve environmental problems by utilizing cutting-edge technologies from around the world, one of which is the Circular Economy Business. We promote "local production for local consumption" by combining solar power generation and storage batteries to use generated energy without waste, "energy management systems" that manage energy usage to eliminate waste, and waste disposal machines that reduce the volume of waste so that it can be recycled as a resource, thereby contributing to the realization of a "recycling-oriented society. We will contribute to the realization of a "recycling-oriented society.

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