SEATTLE (Recycling Monster): Samsung Electronics has partnered with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Seatrees, a nonprofit organization in the United States, to recycle large amounts of plastic garbage in an effort to restore coral reef ecosystems.

Samsung Electronics has been working to gather abandoned fishing nets from the oceans since 2022. About 150 tons of the plastic debris that was taken out of these nets was recycled by the company and utilized to make its Galaxy smartphones.

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Senior managing director of Samsung Electronics' Mobile Experience (MX) division Daniel Araujo claims that the company turns plastic waste from old wafer trays that are wasted during the semiconductor manufacturing process into polycarbonate materials. According to Araujo, the company is anticipated to use about 30 tons of recycled plastic wafer trays this year.

According to Araujo, Samsung's initiatives are intended to restore marine habitats in addition to gathering abandoned fishing nets. He emphasized that the marine ecology is severely harmed by abandoned fishing nets. According to the findings of monitoring images taken in specially created "Ocean mode," the company has been actively managing the "Coral in Focus" marine ecosystem restoration project since January of last year.