Galaxy S22 uses new material made using discarded fishing nets

Final updated: February 7th, 2022 at 07:39 UTC+01:00

Ahead of the adjacent major Galaxy Unpacked result, Samsung has revealed that it has taken a new stride to make its upcoming phones more environment-friendly. The South Korean firm announced that it has developed a new fabric using discarded angling nets, and that material is used in the Galaxy S22 series.

As a part of its 'Galaxy for the Planet' program, the new fabric adult by Samsung will exist used in various upcoming Galaxy devices, including the Milky way S22, Galaxy S22+, and the Milky way S22 Ultra. The visitor has used repurposed ocean-bound discarded fishing nets to reduce bounding main pollution and ameliorate the sustainability of its production lineup.

It said that information technology plans to increment the use of recycled PCM (Postal service-Consumer Material) and recycled newspaper in its products and packaging in the future and reduce single-use plastics. The company is already using recycled plastic in its mobile chargers and TV remote controllers. It besides ships its lifestyle TVs in reusable packaging.

When near people read ocean plastics, they think of bottles and plastic grocery bags, only studies say that over 640,000 tons of fishing nets are abandoned and discarded every year in oceans worldwide. And these angling nets trap and entangle marine life and pose grave threats to coral reefs and natural habitats. This material even ends up in our food and h2o sources. So, Samsung is trying to repurpose them and utilise them in its production lineup.

Samsung says that the development of the new fabric using discarded fishing nets "marks a notable achievement in the visitor'due south journeying to deliver tangible environmental actions and protect the planet for generations to come up." The company will continue to uncover additional solutions to make the environment safer for everyone.

Samsung Galaxy S22 Recycled Discarded Fishing Nets

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