{"id":2742,"date":"2022-06-06T15:41:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T15:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.topic.lk\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2022-06-06T15:41:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T15:41:11","slug":"samsung-reiterates-its-commitment-to-marine-protection-on-world-ocean-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/2742\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung reiterates its commitment to marine protection on World Ocean Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samsung, Sri Lanka\u2019s No. 1 smartphone brand, reiterated its commitment to preserve marine life with their initiative of utilizing fishing nets to integrate into their smartphones.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the last decade, Samsung Electronics has worked to reimagine product design and development to do more with less when it comes to the planet\u2019s natural resources. Samsung\u2019s latest step in this mission was the recent creation of a Galaxy technology that repurposes one of the world\u2019s main sources of plastic waste \u2014 discarded fishing nets.<\/p>\n

Discarded fishing nets pose serious threats to marine life and natural ecosystems, often ending up in people\u2019s food and water sources. Due to long-term exposure to seawater and UV rays, fishing net material is fragile, making the nets difficult to upcycle directly. To find a solution, Samsung created a material that maintains the quality of its smartphones while preserving the health of the world\u2019s oceans.<\/p>\n

Samsung believes collaboration is crucial to breaking barriers and creating innovations that bring both performance and sustainability. Therefore, Samsung joined forces with likeminded organizations to evolve new capabilities and address the complex challenge of ocean plastic pollution.<\/p>\n

Samsung first partnered with Royal DSM, a leading science-based company to gather fishing nets from fishers who collect them along the coastlines of the Indian Ocean. After ensuring collection of the nets, the company separates, cuts, cleans and extrudes them to develop an eco-conscious material, which consists of a minimum of 80% recycled polyamide, or nylon.<\/p>\n

Samsung then collaborates with Hanwha Compound, a polymer compounding company to optimize the material\u2019s performance to match the company\u2019s high-quality standards for smartphone technology. The material is transformed into high-performance polyamide resins that are constructed with a minimum of 20% repurposed fishing nets.<\/p>\n

Now ready for use in mobile technology, Samsung incorporated these upcycled polyamide resins into key components of the Galaxy S22 series\u2019 key bracket and inner cover of the S Pen.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This is only the beginning. Samsung is committed to evolving and expanding its use of ocean-bound plastics across all its products. By the end of 2022, Samsung\u2019s use of recycled ocean-bound material could prevent more than 50 tons of discarded fishing nets1 from entering the world\u2019s oceans.<\/p>\n

The Galaxy S22 series marks another step in Samsung\u2019s sustainability journey under Galaxy for the Planet, which aims to unleash the company\u2019s scale, innovation and spirit of open collaboration to deliver tangible climate actions across the MX Business and enable Galaxy users to adopt more sustainable lifestyles. This includes increasing its use of recycled materials, reducing standby power, eliminating single-use plastic from packaging and diverting all waste from landfills by 2025.<\/p>\n

Samsung is committed to addressing ocean plastic pollution in a way that will positively impact not only the environment but also the lives of all Galaxy users. This new technological advancement marks a notable achievement in the company\u2019s journey to deliver tangible environmental actions and protect the planet for generations to come.<\/p>\n

Always at your Service, wherever, whenever. Enjoy peace of mind when you choose to buy a Samsung Galaxy smartphone. The interactive diagnostics and optimization on the Samsung Members app make it easy to tune up the performance of your devices, while our helpline lets you troubleshoot problems when you need the extra support<\/p>\n

In Sri Lanka, Samsung has been recognized as the \u2018Most Loved Electronics Brand\u2019 for three consecutive years by Brand Finance Lanka\u2019s review of the country\u2019s most valuable brands. As Sri Lanka\u2019s No.1 smartphone brand, Samsung\u2019s customer base in the country spans across all age groups, particularly the Gen Z and Millennial segments.<\/p>\n

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Samsung, Sri Lanka\u2019s No. 1 smartphone brand, reiterated its commitment to preserve marine life with their initiative of utilizing fishing nets to integrate into their smartphones. Over the last decade, Samsung Electronics has worked to reimagine product design and development to do more with less when it comes to the planet\u2019s natural resources. Samsung\u2019s latest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-biz_news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2745,"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions\/2745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}