{"id":45081,"date":"2021-03-30T10:01:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T14:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=45081"},"modified":"2023-07-18T16:04:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:04:21","slug":"samsungs-sustainability-efforts-lauded-by-the-u-s-environmental-protection-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/samsungs-sustainability-efforts-lauded-by-the-u-s-environmental-protection-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung\u2019s Sustainability Efforts Lauded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. today announced it has received two awards of distinctions for the company\u2019s ongoing sustainability efforts from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA has recognized Samsung\u2019s innovative sustainable practices each year since the Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Program<\/a>\u2019s inception in 2014. The latest recognitions include a Gold Tier Award, the EPA’s highest award in recycling, for Samsung\u2019s leadership in the responsible recycling of electronic waste (e-waste) and a Champion Award in the Program Category for the Galaxy S10 eco-packaging.<\/p>\n

The EPA annually recognizes the top performers within its SMM Program. SMM Electronics Challenge participants are rethinking product life cycles, committing to innovative and responsible electronics management, and reducing environmental impacts. The 2020 SMM Electronics Challenge Award winners will be recognized at a virtual award ceremony later today.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cSamsung is humbled by the EPA’s recognition of our long-term commitment to the proper collection and recycling of e-waste in the United States and the sustainable design innovations that we continue to drive in product packaging,\u201d said Mark Newton, Head of Corporate Sustainability for Samsung Electronics America<\/strong>. \u201cWe will continue to make investments to further our environmental stewardship practices and reduce our impact on climate change as we strive towards a greener and better tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Electronics Challenge award winners are corporate role models creating new products that show environmental improvement can go hand-in-hand with other technological advances. EPA encourages others to follow their lead by implementing similar innovative approaches,\u201d said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Samsung is one of the world\u2019s largest electronics manufacturers and fully embraces the responsibility that comes with our market position to effect change on a large scale to protect the environment. The EPA SMM Gold Tier Award acknowledges our excellence in e-waste collection throughout the U.S. Samsung annually collects and recycles approximately 100 million pounds of e-waste. Since 2008, we\u2019ve recycled over a billion pounds of electronics, diverting them from U.S. landfills and recovering reusable materials.<\/p>\n

The EPA SMM Champion Award in the Program Category recognizes Samsung\u2019s innovative Galaxy S10 packaging strategies for its use of material in a more environmentally responsible way. The smartphone\u2019s plastic-free box and interior packaging have been redesigned to reduce its environmental footprint and consume fewer resources. For example, the packaging includes an all-in-one pulp mold for the device and its components to minimize waste. Other adjustments include replacing plastic ties with paper materials. These design change have contributed to making the Galaxy S10\u2019s packaging 32g lighter than that of its predecessors \u2013 a 16% packaging weight reduction.<\/p>\n

For more information about Samsung\u2019s sustainability efforts, click here<\/a>, and to learn more about the EPA, please visit www.epa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Samsung Electronics America, Inc. today announced it has received two awards of distinctions for the company\u2019s ongoing sustainability efforts from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA has recognized Samsung\u2019s innovative sustainable practices each year since the Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Program\u2019s inception in 2014. The latest recognitions include a Gold Tier Award, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":38732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25528,29719,29724,17570],"tags":[20057,16295,769,832,20058,50,17464,86],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-45081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communities-community-impact","category-corporate","category-corporate-economic-impact","category-corporate-sustainability","tag-e-waste","tag-environment","tag-mark-newton","tag-public-affairs","tag-recycling","tag-sustainability","tag-sustainable-materials-management-smm","tag-us-environmental-protection-agency-epa"],"acf":{"turn_off_retargeting":false},"fimg_mobile_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21152453\/AdobeStock_219848647.jpeg","fimg_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21152453\/AdobeStock_219848647.jpeg","primary_category":{"term_id":25528,"name":"Communities (COVID-19)","slug":"communities-community-impact","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":25528,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Samsung continues to stand strong with the communities where we live and work.","parent":0,"count":36,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/category\/communities-community-impact\/","term_path":"communities-community-impact"},"badge":"Press Release","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45081"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=45081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}