Turning Fishing Nets Into Samsung Galaxy Devices, See How It’s Done

Plastic waste that clutters our ocean floors or fills landfills is a major cause for concern. The environmental impact is a cause for concern especially because we won’t be able to wean ourselves off this use said materials entirely.

Samsung has accepted this and is looking at ways it can reduce its own contribution of said waste by reusing recycled materials to construct their new devices. This is part of its Galaxy for the Planet initiative where it has outlined four environmental goals to achieve throughout its operations and products.

As part of the said initiative the company has committed to achieving the following by 2025:

• Incorporating recycled materials in all mobile products
• Eliminating plastics in packaging
• Achieving zero standby power consumption for its smartphone chargers
• Diverting all waste generated by its manufacturing facilities away from landfills

We recently reported on Samsung’s decision to use discarded fishing nets to make the plastic materials of the Galaxy S22 series. It’s an interesting approach to creating a sustainable and environmentally conscious product line. The process is far more complicated than we initially thought.

It involves several different entities working with Samsung to process and breakdown the nylon of said fishing nets into polyamide resin pellets suitable to be used in the construction of Galaxy devices. Take a look at the following video to see how the entire process takes shape.