# NXP Semiconductors N.V.

> NXP has a named, plant-level residual-material route at Kaohsiung, Taiwan: 120 tons of molding scrap are transformed annually with a recycling partner, and the company identifies silica as a recoverable component. This is stronger than a general recycling metric, but it does not establish the output quality or end market. The next decision is a documented molding-compound specification, recovery process, output test and destination.

- Industry: Electronics & Semiconductors
- Collection: Active
- Regions: Asia
- Countries: Taiwan
- Materials: Solvents, Water
- Processes: Recycling
- Evidence through: 2026-09-18
- Canonical URL: https://www.materialtransition.com/library/nxp-semiconductors-nv

## Material inputs to resolve

Automotive, industrial and communications semiconductors with wafer fabrication and packaging

NXP's 2025 Corporate Sustainability Report says wastewater recycling reached 61%, ahead of its 2027 60% commitment, and total waste recycling reached 94%. The report also describes 120 tonnes of molding scrap transformed annually at the Kaohsiung facility, along with hazardous streams including solvents, metal-plating waste and spent sulfuric acid. Public sources do not establish the recovered material's full specification, downstream buyers or product allocation.

**61%** 2025 wastewater recycling

**94%** 2025 total waste recycling

**120 t** Annual Kaohsiung molding scrap transformed

**2025** Corporate sustainability report year

- Silicon wafers, photoresists, specialty gases, solvents, acids, metals, mold compounds and packaging inputs
- Ultrapure water, process chemicals, electricity and cleanroom consumables
- Molding scrap, e-scrap and wastewater streams available for qualified recovery

### Outputs and residuals to resolve

- Automotive, industrial, communications and edge-processing semiconductors
- Solvents, plating waste, spent sulfuric acid, molding scrap, wastewater and packaging waste
- Recovered-material specification, product allocation and downstream buyer evidence remain open

**First decision:** Start with Kaohsiung molding scrap or one wastewater stream. Establish composition, recovery process, quality specification, destination and avoided virgin input.

## Control

NXP designs and manufactures semiconductors for automotive, industrial, communications and other applications.

#### Water signal

NXP reports 61% wastewater recycling in 2025, six percentage points higher than 2024.

#### Waste signal

NXP reports 94% total waste recycling in 2025.

#### Specific lane

NXP reports 120 tons of molding scrap transformed annually at Kaohsiung with a recycling partner and identifies silica as a recoverable component.

### Decision boundary

The public record supports one bounded next move: Start with Kaohsiung molding scrap or one wastewater stream. Establish composition, recovery process, quality specification, destination and avoided virgin input. It does not establish a buyer, commercial approval or supply agreement.

## Material flow map

| Material or stream | Qualification gate | Process or destination | Evidence still needed |
|-|-|-|-|
| Molding scrap | Composition, silica content, contamination and consistency | Third-party repurposing route | Output spec, yield and buyer use |
| Wastewater | Quality, process compatibility and local discharge rules | On-site recycling or treatment | Volume, quality, reuse point and boundary |
| Spent solvents and acids | Hazard classification, purity and recovery safety | Treatment or material recovery | TDS, recovery yield and final destination |

This is a public screening map. It separates company-disclosed flows from open qualification work. It does not convert a destination into a buyer or an announced ambition into operating capacity.

## Three defensible entry lanes

#### Turn Kaohsiung into a material passport

The 120-tonne figure is a starting point. The decision needs a repeatable recovered-material specification.

**Next evidence:** Map scrap composition, partner process, output quality, use case and avoided virgin input.

#### Separate recycling from recovery quality

A high recycling rate does not by itself show that a material re-enters an equivalent product system.

**Next evidence:** Track route, yield, quality, product allocation and residuals.

#### Connect water to process and watershed risk

NXP identifies high or extremely high baseline water stress at Chandler and Bangkok.

**Next evidence:** Join site, process, water source, recycling loop, discharge and local risk.

## Evidence register

- **2025 Corporate Sustainability Report** NXP, official sustainability reporting hub https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/sustainability/environment/energy-water-and-waste%3AENERGY-WATER-AND-WASTE [1]
- **Water** NXP, official 2025 water disclosure https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/sustainability/environment/energy-water-and-waste%3AENERGY-WATER-AND-WASTE [1]
- **Resource Use and Circular Economy** NXP, official waste and circularity disclosure https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/sustainability/environment/energy-water-and-waste%3AENERGY-WATER-AND-WASTE [1]
- **Kaohsiung molding-scrap recycling** NXP, official facility-specific circularity disclosure https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/sustainability/environment/energy-water-and-waste%3AENERGY-WATER-AND-WASTE [1]

Source hierarchy: filings and company disclosures first. The brief states what those sources support and leaves the unresolved plant, grade, permit, buyer and mass-balance questions explicit.

## Material Transition editorial interpretation

NXP's strongest public material signal is unusually specific: 61% wastewater recycling in 2025, 94% total waste recycling and 120 tonnes of molding scrap transformed annually at its Kaohsiung facility. The next move is to connect those streams to a named process, a qualified output and a buyer-grade material record. The next useful working session starts with: Start with Kaohsiung molding scrap or one wastewater stream. Establish composition, recovery process, quality specification, destination and avoided virgin input.

## Sources

- [1] 2025 Corporate Sustainability Report - https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/sustainability/environment/energy-water-and-waste%3AENERGY-WATER-AND-WASTE

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