Universal Scientific Industrial

USI has developed a waste disposal program specifying that hazardous wastes must be handled by qualified suppliers with valid licenses for disposal and that non-hazardous wastes must be given to licensed recycling operators for recycling or shipped to the licensed incinerators for incineration. During the waste removal process, the responsible EHS department monitors and follows vehicles from time to time and review the track records of the waste removal vehicles to confirm that the waste is handled in accordance with the regulations and contracts.According to the statistics, the total amount of waste generated in 2021 was 9,733.33 metric tonnes, and the recovery amount was 8,318.25 metric tonnes, with a recovery rate of 85.5%. Although it is slightly higher than the previous year, it still meets the annual target (80%).

In recent years, air pollution is getting worse in Mainland China and Taiwan. It seriously affected the quality of life to residents that become an urgent issue. This is the reason that local authority has made relevant amendments to local regulation. As our production facilities are within the affected areas, we also pay great attention to air pollutant control within our factory. VOCs emissions in 2021 were 55.238 metric tonnes, an increase of 17% from the previous year. After analysis, the reason was that the increase in the use of organic solvents in response to the expansion of the company's operations, so the VOCs emissions have increased slightly from the previous year.

For the emissions of nitrogen oxide (NO_X), sulfur oxides (SO_X), and particulate matter, although they have not been included into local regulations, Zhangjiang Facility and Jinqiao Facility still voluntarily detect and disclose emission data. The air pollutant emissions data for 2021 is shown in the table below:
 

Pollutant	Zhangjiang	Jinqiao	Shenzhen	Kunshan	Nantou-TT	Nantou-NK
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)	4.485	1.481	1.227	0.991	0.991	0.991
Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)	1.148	0.589	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sulfur Oxides (SOx)	N.D.	N.D.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Particulate Matter (PM)	1.796	0.672	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Note: N/A, No applicable local regulation and no available self-testing data ; N.D., Non-Detectable, the level is too low to be detected by the instrument

USI Facilities are not located in World Heritage sites or protected areas. We are committed to biodiversity by taking the following measures:

• Confirm that new facilities are not located in legally protected areas and biodiversity sensitive areas and avoid deforestation
• Comply with local ecological protection laws and regulations and implement environmental assessment operations at facilities to confirm that there are no ecologically sensitive sites around the facilities and that there is no significant impact on the ecological environment
• Mitigate by avoidance, minimization, restoration, and offsets when operating in areas near critical biodiversity
• Work with Tier 1 and Non-tier 1 suppliers and promote biodiversity and deforestation reduction commitments
• Collaboration with external groups began in 2013 to increase habitat and soil conservation through continuous afforestation with No Net Loss (NNL) and Zero-Net Deforestation (ZND) as the goals. Future operations will move towards Net Positive Impact (NPI)

USI Facilities in Mainland China, Nantou and Mexico are all located in high-tech and industrial parks. We are committed to reducing energy consumption and energy recycling in our operations and seek to stop or reduce forest destruction caused by our production and sales processes (No Gross Deforestation). By 2045, continue to reduce the impact on the biological environment caused by our operations.