The photo provided by Samsung Electronics Co. on Feb. 7, 2022, shows discarded fishing nets in the ocean.
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday that plastic parts that the company has recycled from discarded ocean-bound fishing nets, which are used to make Galaxy smartphones, tablet PCs and laptops, are more effective in cutting back on carbon emissions than other kinds of plastic.
The life cycle assessment (LCA) results from US-based safety certification company UL showed that carbon emissions from the production of one ton of OM-52 recycled plastic amounted to 3.3 tons, which was 25 percent lower than when making a single ton of ordinary plastic (MS-51), the company said.
Samsung has been using so-called “ghost net plastic,” recycled from old fishnets, to produce the company’s Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S8 smartphones and Galaxy Book 2 Pro laptops, all released earlier this year.
The fishing nets were collected from the Indian Ocean, where they were cut, cleaned and compressed before being reprocessed into pellets of polyamide resin.
The company has been using the pellets to make key brackets for the Galaxy S22 series, the interior of the S-pen cover for the Galaxy S22 Ultra and touchpad holders and bracket interiors for the Galaxy Book 2 Pro series.
Kevin Lee (kevinlee@koreabizwire.com)
