KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): South Korean smartphone and electronics manufacturer Samsung's new smartphone, the Galaxy S22 Ultra, has components made from repurposed fishing nets and other post-consumer materials.

Global energy and commodity market business intelligence provider Argus Media on Thursday (Feb 10) reported that fishing nets are repurposed as a polyamide for the phone's stylus holder and key brackets for the volume and power buttons, along with glass fibre.

The inner volume and power buttons are made from post-consumer polycarbonates.

Post-consumer polycarbonates and glass fibre are used for the speaker module. The phone's packaging is made from 100pc recycled paper.

Argus said discarded fishing nets contribute to 12 million t/yr of plastic ending up in oceans, according to Samsung.

These nets often trap and entangle marine wildlife, damage coral reefs and have the potential to end up in food and water sources.

Samsung intends to use repurposed ocean-bound plastics in all its Galaxy product line-ups as part of its plans to eliminate the use of single-use plastics.

Samsung expects its efforts to remove more than 50t of old fishing nets from the oceans.

Last year, US technology firm Microsoft tied up with Saudi petrochemical producer SABIC to create a computer mouse made from recycled ocean plastic.

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