{"id":57604,"date":"2023-03-22T10:38:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T14:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=57604"},"modified":"2024-02-06T10:12:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:12:50","slug":"world-water-day-2023-repurposing-plastic-protecting-our-oceans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/samsung-repurposing-plastic-protecting-oceans-world-water-day-2023","title":{"rendered":"Repurposing Plastic, Protecting Our Oceans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to protecting our oceans, everyone has an important part to play. At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung<\/a>, we believe that <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-infographic-everyday-changes-meaningful-impact-green-print\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">everyday changes have a meaningful impact<\/a> on the environment, which is why we are working to incorporate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/explore\/sustainability\/sustainable-materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sustainable materials<\/a> into some of our most epic innovations yet \u2013 including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/smartphones\/galaxy-s23-ultra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new Galaxy S23 Ultra<\/a>. In fact, we are scaling up the use of recycled ocean-bound plastics in our products to prevent more than 15 tons of <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-receives-2022-seal-business-sustainability-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discarded fishing nets<\/a> from entering the world\u2019s oceans by\u00a0 the end of 2023.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a> This World Water Day, check out the infographic below to see how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung <\/a>is repurposing plastic in our products to protect our oceans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded product-module\">\n\t\t<a id=\"product-module-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/explore\/sustainability\/\" title=\"Sustainability\" class=\"snr-article_product-image\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/05163443\/Newsroom_Sustainability-Module_2025-Final-1.png\" alt=\"Sustainability\">\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57606\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WWD23_01.png\" alt=\"samsung-commitment-protecting-oceans-world-water-day-2023\" width=\"938\" height=\"1051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22092440\/WWD23_01.png 938w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22092440\/WWD23_01-535x600.png 535w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22092440\/WWD23_01-848x950.png 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57758\" 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src=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WWD23_06.png\" alt=\"samsung-solar-cell-remote-bespoke-ai-washer-world-water-day-2023\" width=\"938\" height=\"1435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22100823\/WWD23_06.png 938w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22100823\/WWD23_06-392x600.png 392w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22100823\/WWD23_06-621x950.png 621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57613\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WWD23_07.png\" alt=\"samsung-bespoke-ai-washer-world-water-day-2023\" width=\"938\" height=\"926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22100907\/WWD23_07.png 938w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22100907\/WWD23_07-600x592.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57614\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WWD23_08.png\" alt=\"samsung-patented-ecobubble-technology-world-water-day-2023\" width=\"938\" height=\"1181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22100950\/WWD23_08.png 938w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22100950\/WWD23_08-477x600.png 477w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22100950\/WWD23_08-755x950.png 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a> By December 31, 2023. Calculated number based on sales estimate.<\/h6>\n<h6>* Updated on March 29, 2023: 10% Recycled PBT (Polybutylene Terephthalate), which is sourced from discarded PET bottles has been used in case front part of Galaxy S23 Ultra.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to protecting our oceans, everyone has an important part to play. At Samsung, we believe that everyday changes have a meaningful impact on the environment, which is why we are working to incorporate sustainable materials into some of our most epic innovations yet \u2013 including the new Galaxy S23 Ultra. In fact, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29719,17570],"tags":[30083,67,16225,30062,30050,29876,20058,50],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-57604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corporate","category-corporate-sustainability","tag-galaxy-s23-ultra","tag-infographic","tag-innovation","tag-microplastics","tag-ocean-bound-plastics","tag-patagonia","tag-recycling","tag-sustainability"],"acf":{"turn_off_retargeting":false},"fimg_mobile_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22101513\/samsung-world-water-day-2023-featured.png","fimg_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22101513\/samsung-world-water-day-2023-featured.png","primary_category":{"term_id":29719,"name":"Corporate","slug":"corporate","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29719,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1026,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/category\/corporate\/","term_path":"corporate"},"badge":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57604","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=57604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57604"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=57604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}