Samsung plans to put more effort into recycling components with the idea of using them in Samsung Galaxy repair. According to specialist media, the brand is looking for a certified recovery company that ensure the recycling of still valid parts of telephones. This greater reuse would mean significant savings in costs and waste generated.
The mobile phone industry has improved processes in order to be more sustainable: both by reducing the use of environmentally unfriendly metals and by reducing packaging and, not without (and logically) controversy, by even removing headphones from chargers. With the greatest incentive from the various governments in the right to repair, companies like Google or Samsung are offering official components allowing anyone to repair their phone
Reused components to minimize waste
Metals (even gold) can be extracted from every cell phone that is taken for recycling, as well as plastic from cases and components that, despite being second-hand, they are still useful as a base for mobiles that are taken in for repair. There is a whole market that moves recycled components as spare parts. So why not promote this use in help desks as well?
According to the Korean media Business Korea, Samsung is carrying out a plan with which it intends to reuse the components of its smartphones to give them a second life in the repairs carried out by its support services. This recycling would be carried out by a specialized and certified company.
Samsung will ensure the quality of recycled components guaranteeing its performance at the same level as that offered by unworn spare parts. As the recycling program begins, which is expected to be ready in the first half of 2022, Samsung hopes to reduce costs not only for the company itself, but also for users accessing repairs. As Business Korea progresses, a recycled screen would halve the cost of the repair.
Samsung is already recycling some of the devices for its new models. The packaging is made of recycled cardboard, for example; with recycled plastic from fishing nets found in the Samsung Galaxy S22 and Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro.
Through | Business Korea
