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- There will be no plastic in Samsung's packaging by 2025: perhaps the best news from its boxless event
While all the attention was focused on the new devices that Samsung unveiled at its Unpacked event, towards the end of the show, the South Korean electronics company slipped in a small ad that should warm the hearts of consumers: the green warriors. Just days after the disturbing report from the United Nations Climate Panel was released, Samsung has pledged to completely eliminate single-use plastics from product packaging by 2025. Samsung said it will reduce, eliminate and replace the resources and materials waste traditionally used in device packaging and will incorporate eco-friendly solutions. At first glance, this may seem like a typical heart-wrenching rant that companies fall for from time to time. But Samsung is one of the world's leading smartphone brands, shipping millions every year. A company of this type that promises to eliminate plastics from its packaging is really huge and important. As they say, this can be a game changer for the industry.
Recycled material on all Samsung devices
Unveiling its new sustainable vision for mobile business, "Galaxy for the Planet," Samsung also said it will use recycled materials in all of its new mobile products by 2025. Its initial goals are to reduce its environmental footprint and reduce resource depletion from production to disposal of its Galaxy products. As for the technology of the products themselves, Samsung plans to achieve zero standby power consumption of smartphone chargers, with the goal of reducing it to less than 0,005 watts by 2025. So far, it has reduced consumption standby power of all your smartphone chargers by 0,02W.. Other green promises include reducing “e-waste” by improving product lifecycle, design processes through Galaxy Upcycling and return programs. In addition, the Coran company said it will reduce waste from its mobile construction sites with the goal of diverting all waste from landfills by 2025. Samsung is committed to creating solutions that enable a better future for our people and our planet. However, we know that we cannot do it alone and that the collective fight for the planet is not a competition,” said Stephanie Choi, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Samsung Electronics' mobile communications business.