Samsung’s Innovative E-Waste Recycling Program Grabs Top Honor

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): Tech giant Samsung Electronics has been honored with prestigious award in recognition of their environmental achievements by way of safe disposal and recycling of electronics in Russia. The company received the first ever award in the Ecology category of the Kommersant Initiative Golden Crane award. The company received praises from the jury for its innovative efforts to protect the environment.

The award honored two environmental projects by the company. The first project to receive the honor was the “Eco Recycling” program which focused on installation of ecoboxes in the company’s service centers. In addition, the initiative titled “School of recycling: electronics”, which aims to create awareness about the need for environment protection and responsible attitude towards waste disposal among Russian school students, also received the honour.

Implemented in 2010, the “Eco Recycling” program had installed special containers in Russia’s Samsung service centers, where customers could dispose of their electronic waste including smart phones, music players and portable music players.

Started in 2018, in partnership with the Foundation for Environmental Management, the “School of recycling: electronics” has played a key role in educating and raising awareness about environmental best practices and safe disposal techniques. The campaigns, as part of the project, have successfully diverted more than 500 tons of e-waste so far.

Rinat Nigmatullin, Head of Field Service Group, CIS Office, Samsung Electronics noted that the company has continued to pay attention to ecology at every stage of design and production, as part of its commitment to protect the global environment.