By combining sustainability and innovation, Samsung has achieved a significant success that contributes to the environment. The company has developed a new material from fishing net waste and plastics in the ocean. This developed material is now used in the manufacture of mobile devices of the brand.

The company has taken another successful step in its Galaxy for the Planet journey to support its users in a sustainable lifestyle by minimizing its environmental footprint thanks to the material developed by reusing the waste fishing nets in the oceans. The company's approach to eliminating single-use plastics and promoting the use of other environmentally friendly materials such as recycled material (PCM) and paper will apply to all devices. In addition, thanks to this transformation, the technology of the device will continue to reduce environmental impact by leading product designs in the future.

Although plastics such as water bottles and grocery bags drifting on the ocean are the first things that come to mind when the word “ocean-bound plastic” is mentioned, there is a much more hidden threat. This threat is 640 thousand tons of fishing nets that are released into the oceans and turn into waste every year. These 'ghost nets', which have been roaming the oceans for centuries, threaten sea creatures, damage coral reefs and natural habitats, and even reach food and water sources.

Continuing to work with the aim of always pushing the limits of mobile technology, the company continues this approach with its sustainability practices. With this creative solution, the brand reinvigorates fishing net waste that could become hazardous waste and shows how more can be accomplished to protect our planet's resources.

1Ocean-bound plastic is the name given to abandoned plastic waste (including micro-plastics, mezzo-plastics and macro-plastics) detected along 50 km of coastline in locales or regions where waste management is unavailable or inefficient.