Samsung Electronics on the 26th announced the progress of the MX Division's environmental sustainability vision, "Our Journey, Galaxy for the Planet," and new targets through 2030 at "Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026" held in San Francisco.
"Galaxy for the Planet" is a declaration to reduce environmental impact across product design, manufacturing, and overall business operations, and Samsung Electronics said it has advanced its technology, materials and supplies, and operational capabilities since it was first unveiled in 2021, achieving progress on key tasks.
Roh Tae-Moon, head of Samsung Electronics' DX Division and MX Division, said, ""Galaxy for the Planet" is the result of years of efforts sustained by Samsung Electronics and its partners," and added, "We reflected sustainability across the value creation process, including product design and resource management, with a focus on the business." He went on, "We will expand the targets to address broader environmental impacts by 2030 and make them a reality."
Samsung Electronics set four major goals in mobile products and business operations—applying recycled materials across all Galaxy products, removing single-use plastics from packaging, achieving near-zero standby power for chargers, and realizing zero landfill waste at MX business sites—and said it met them within 2025 as planned.
The Galaxy S22 series applied recycled plastics from discarded fishing nets collected from the ocean, and the Galaxy S25 established a "battery recycling circular system" that recovers materials and supplies from used-device waste batteries for reuse. To date, 10 types of recycled materials—plastic, glass, aluminum, cobalt, lithium, and more—have been applied to exterior and internal components, and packaging has been switched to recycled paper to eliminate single-use plastics.
Charger standby power was reduced to 0.005W under standard test conditions. Ten mobile device business sites worldwide achieved zero landfill waste through waste recycling and received the "UL Platinum" rating under UL Solutions criteria.
Samsung Electronics will expand its targets through 2030 to resource circularity, water resources management, and ecosystem conservation. First, it will strengthen resource circularity by applying at least one recycled material to key modules of all mobile products, including smartphones, tablets, PCs, and watches. For water resources, it will return 110% of its actual water use to local communities and seek the highest rating from the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) at 10 business sites. It also plans to conserve ecosystems totaling an area larger than 10 business sites to help bolster biodiversity and resilience.