Contribution to environment: A staggering 640,000 tons of fishing nets are abandoned in the ocean each year. Known as "ghost nets", plastic fishing nets pose a serious threat to our planet.
If we don't take action on the discarded fishing nets, they will cause irreversible damage to marine life and our natural ecosystem. They would entangle marine life and damage coral reefs. Microscopic plastic fragments even make their way into our food and water.
As part of Samsung's sustainability vision, Galaxy for the Planet, Samsung is preventing discarded fishing nets from entering our oceans, by recycling and using them in their products.
According to the results of Life Cycle Assessment conducted by Underwriters Laboratories , a global safety certification body, recycling ocean-bound plastics into Samsung Galaxy devices reduce carbon dioxide emission by approximately 25%, compared to regular plastics.
Samsung plans to prevent more than 50 tons of discarded fishing nets from entering our oceans in 2022.
In collaboration with industry experts, Samsung has developed a way to repurpose the nets into reliable material for Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
Amazing, isn't it?
Samsung always has a sense of responsibility which is highly commendable.
