WT is committed to source reduction and recycling, and selects qualified suppliers to properly dispose the waste. The waste generated during WT’s operation is mainly made up of operational waste, daily-life waste discarded by employees, and redundant sample ICs in the offices, and cartons, paper boards, fillers and waste left from carton sealing at the logistics centers.

WT has been proactively making sustainability efforts. It plans to optimize and transform internal meeting setups to meet the prerequisite of being eco-friendly and beneficial for sustainability. Meetings will be plastic-free and disposablefree. In principle, no disposable tableware or plastic bags will be used. Meeting venues will be decorated with artificial flowers as they are more reusable, and bottled water will be replaced with glasses towards the ultimate goal of plastic-free meetings. In addition, the offices will buy less and less single-use consumables for daily operations and use durable recyclable products whenever possible. Waste reduction and carbon reduction awareness campaign for employees will be intensified, and waste sorting and recycling measures implemented to achieve the goal of waste reduction.

As of the end of 2023, no hazardous waste is generated. Among the non-hazardous waste, the recyclables are collected and reused, while the non-recyclables are incinerated with energy recovery. No waste is land-filled. The total amount of waste was 132.56 tons, down 17.90 tons or 11.90% relative to 2022. Daily-life waste has decreased over the years, mainly as a result of effective waste reduction and sorting practices.