Samsung will make future Galaxy S22 phones partly from discarded fishing nets. It is planned that future Galaxy devices will also use plastic ocean debris including discarded fishing nets.
According to Samsung, 640,000 tons of fishing nets are dumped into the ocean every year. Enough plastic to recycle some too you would think. Samsung thinks so too and is now going to use some of it in future Galaxy phones. Good news, but you always have to watch out for greenwashing with this kind of news.
Greenwashing?
Indeed, Samsung does not mention what percentage of recycled plastic the upcoming Galaxy S22, S22+ and S22 Ultra are made of. It also doesn't say how it got those discarded fishing nets. However, it does report that the use of fishing nets is just the first step in making its Galaxy products increasingly sustainable. It will talk more about this at its Unpacked Event on February 9.
Galaxy for the Planet
In August of 2021, Samsung launched a initiative called "Galaxy for the Planet." This program sets itself the goal of using recycled materials in every Galaxy product starting in 2025, eliminating plastic packaging and reducing the standby power consumption of chargers to 0.005W.
