{"id":51001,"date":"2022-03-18T11:53:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T15:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=51001"},"modified":"2023-06-05T15:37:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T19:37:19","slug":"partners-in-sustainability-samsung-eri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/partners-sustainability-samsung-eri-global-recycling-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Partners in Sustainability: Samsung & ERI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of the sustainability challenges that we prioritize at Samsung<\/a> \u2013 whether it be realizing a circular economy or optimizing energy efficiency \u2013 are enhanced through partnerships and collaborative initiatives with credible, knowledgeable, and innovative brands, environmental organizations, and industry groups. Together with these like-minded eco-friendly allies, we are putting our scale, global presence, and pioneering spirit to work on building a more sustainable and equitable future. As part of our \u201cPartners in Sustainability\u201d series<\/a>, Samsung\u2019s esteemed\u00a0partners are sharing their views on how tackling environmental challenges requires unparalleled cooperation.<\/p>\n

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Name<\/td>John Shegerian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Title<\/td>Chairman\/CEO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Partner<\/td>ERI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Years working together<\/td>ERI has been working with Samsung since 2010.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Partnership focus<\/td>The focus of the relationship is the responsible recycling and data destruction of electronics that have reached the end of their useful lives. By the end of this year, ERI will have responsibly recycled approximately 550 million pounds of electronic waste for Samsung.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

1. Known in the industry as the \u201crecyclers\u2019 recycler,\u201d ERI maintains eight NAID-, e-Steward-, and R2-certified, state-of-the-art electronic waste (e-waste) recycling centers, processing and responsibly re<\/strong><\/span>cycling hundreds of millions of pounds of e-waste every year. What does sustainability mean to ERI?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

ERI\u2019s sustainability mission<\/a> is to help our partners and customers achieve their zero waste, zero landfill, zero emissions goals. We are also laser-focused on helping businesses of all sizes engage in the circular economy, where all commodities go to beneficial reuse.<\/p>\n

2. How is the Company achieving its sustainability goals?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In terms of carbon impact, ERI is already net positive and has achieved our Zero Waste goals. The next step in our sustainability mission is to help create generational change as we help move our society from a linear to circular economy and to improve access to safe and secure e-waste recycling to all.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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3. How are you realizing those goals in partnership with Samsung?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We can never accomplish our sustainability mission without partners like Samsung. Samsung has been a client and partner for over 12 years and an industry leader in sustainability since the inception of our relationship. The company\u2019s unwavering commitment to high standards and desire to make the world a better, more sustainable place, has helped to inspire us to continually improve our processes and procedures as well as those of our partners. This long-term partnership enables us to build our collection networks and to ensure that we have the material needed to support a circular economy.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Why do you think collaboration is one of the keys to unlocking solutions to the climate crisis?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Collaboration is one of the absolute keys to overcoming climate issues because no one can get there alone. There\u2019s an exponentially positive result that occurs when a good collaboration takes hold. Samsung reduces its climate impact by working with partners such as ERI to ensure its products are recycled at the end of their life and by sourcing materials towards circularity, while recyclers like ERI need the support of partners such as Samsung to sustain strong collection networks. Strategic collaborations allow us to make the world a greener, better, and more sustainable place faster than if we were to try to accomplish these goals alone.<\/p>\n

5. What are some ways you\u2019re encouraging businesses to join the responsible recycling effort?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Education has always been a priority for ERI. For example:<\/span><\/p>\n