Samsung Expands Recycling and E-Waste Management Programs

Responsible Us Bureau Feb 5, 2025 Add to Reading List

Samsung Expands Recycling and E-Waste Management Programs

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. said that the company was expanding recycling and e-waste management programs. The collection of electronic waste, recycling of material to be used in the product, and the firm's overall reducing environmental footprint for all its operations would contribute toward the attainment of sustainability objectives of the company.

Key Activities

Electronic Waste Collection and Recycling
Samsung installed collection systems of electronic waste over 50 countries that cover more than 180 countries before the year 2030. Since its introduction back in 2009, they have so far collected 5.69 million metric tons all the way up to 10 million for the year 2030 and by the year 2050 is estimated to rise to 25 million. In its takeback initiative, the company Samsung assures the responsible disposal of obsolete devices into either refurbished reuse or recycled back as raw materials.

The reusing of recyclables
The company has really tried hard in bringing to production lines some of the recycle materials. Indeed, this Samsung is replacing the daily-used materials using a circular economy laboratory to replace everyday elements with circular products. That way, so much plastics or aluminum in making cell phones have been substituted in such kitchen home appliances. Besides that, packagings with the Galaxy S24+ package, all this will be out from 100 percent recyclable paper. Plastic usage is reduced by 96.6% as against the previous model, and for the first time, the company has demonstrated 10.

Programs of refurbishment and repair.
These refurbishment and repair programs extend the usage period. The refurbished Samsung refurbished old mobiles sold as refurbished ones are refurbished with original Samsung parts. So, the refurbished Samsung that was sold gave some kind of warranty. The same company today extends self-repair service for Samsung under its name, offering official Samsung replacement parts with a step guide to self-repairing the product.

Carbon Neutrality and Energy Efficiency
The company has promised to be a net-zero carbon-emitting company by the Device eXperience Division of 2030 and as a global business company completely by 2050. The company has utilized renewable sources of energy, and the company is optimistic that all the activities of the Device eXperience would be carried out by renewable sources of energy by 2027. In addition, Samsung will manufacture energy-efficient products so that the emission of greenhouse gases would be restricted in the manufacturing units. It will reduce mobile packaging single-use plastics to 2025 levels.

Future Targets

Samsung is continuing with the sustainability initiatives and does the following;

Collect e-waste from the whole world
It increases the use of recycled plastics and metals since it makes the product
Achieve the Platinum Zero Waste to Landfill certification in all locations by 2025
Device and production energy efficiency.

All this speaks for the fact that Samsung occupies a special place in the circle of economy and offers sustainable business models with quality goods, which may be long-term. Such goods are helpful to users and harmless to the environment.