LG Electronics Collects 16 Tons of Used Batteries and Donates Wireless Vacuum Cleaners to Vulnerable Groups

Donation Ceremony of 10 Cordless Vacuum Cleaners at Welfare Facility for Single Mothers
Over 17,000 Participants in First Half Year Used Battery Collection Campaign

LG Electronics purchased the cordless vacuum cleaner CodeZero A9S with funds raised through the cordless vacuum cleaner used battery collection campaign and donated it to socially vulnerable groups.

LG Electronics announced on the 30th that it recently delivered 10 cordless vacuum cleaners to the Salvation Army Duri Home Single-Parent Family Support Center, a welfare facility for single mothers. In addition, cordless vacuum cleaners were additionally donated to the Sinsa Comprehensive Social Welfare Center, which provides free meals to nearby vulnerable groups such as elderly people living alone.

LG Electronics recently held a donation ceremony at the Salvation Army Duri Home Single-Parent Family Support Center, delivering 10 cordless vacuum cleaners funded by the wireless vacuum cleaner battery collection campaign. From left: Huh Geon-ho, Executive Director of LG Electronics Vacuum Cleaner Business, Yeo Woon-ja, Director of the Salvation Army Duri Home Single-Parent Family Support Center, Kim Yong-guk, Head of the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, and Kim Mi-hwa, Chairperson of the Resource Circulation Society.
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Since last year, LG Electronics has conducted the Battery Return campaign three times, collecting used batteries and recycling rare metals. From one battery (450g) of the LG CodeZero A9S cordless vacuum cleaner, rare metals such as nickel (31.91g), cobalt (4.21g), lithium (6.06g), and manganese (2.04g) are recovered. The rare metals extracted from the collected batteries are recycled as new battery materials.

The used batteries collected through the campaign conducted by LG Electronics from May to June over two months amounted to about 16 tons, equivalent to about 35,000 A9S batteries. This is about a 30% increase compared to the approximately 12.5 tons of used batteries collected through last year's campaign.

More than 17,000 customers participated in this third campaign. From last year to this year, over 30,000 customers have participated in the used battery collection for cordless vacuum cleaners through this campaign.

The cordless vacuum cleaner used battery collection campaign is jointly hosted by LG Electronics, the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, and the Resource Circulation Social Solidarity as part of LG Electronics' ESG management efforts to promote resource recovery of waste and activate the circular economy.

Meanwhile, LG Electronics will conduct the fourth cordless vacuum cleaner used battery collection campaign starting October 1. Customers who wish to participate can return used cordless vacuum cleaner batteries, regardless of manufacturer, to LG Electronics service centers nationwide and purchase new batteries at discounted prices.

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