Samsung Electro-Mechanics Achieves Top Grade for 'Zero Waste Landfill' at All Domestic Sites

Suwon Followed by Sejong and Busan Sites Achieve Global Platinum Grade
100% Waste Recycling Rate... Jang Deok-hyun "Increase in Eco-friendly Product Investment"

Samsung Electro-Mechanics announced on the 30th that its Sejong and Busan plants have obtained the Platinum grade for 'Zero Waste to Landfill' from the global safety science company UL Solutions.

UL Solutions' Zero Waste to Landfill certification awards grades based on the recycling rate of waste at the workplace: Platinum (100%), Gold (99~95%), and Silver (94~90%).

The average resource circulation rate at the Suwon plant was 100% this year as well as last year, earning the Platinum grade for two consecutive years. The Sejong and Busan plants also achieved the Platinum grade this year. This marks the highest grade achieved across all domestic plants for Samsung Electro-Mechanics.

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Busan Plant view. [Photo by Samsung Electro-Mechanics]

Since 2019, Samsung Electro-Mechanics has set a zero waste discharge goal and has been increasing investments in waste recycling facilities. To recycle copper contained in wastewater sludge (sediment), the copper coagulation facilities at the wastewater treatment plant were upgraded. A high-efficiency dehydration facility was installed to establish a system that recycles 150 tons of wastewater sludge monthly.

The Sejong and Busan plants improved their waste classification systems to recycle waste glass and waste gypsum boards, which were previously landfilled, as raw materials for glass and cement additives, respectively.

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Sejong Plant achieves 'Platinum Grade' logo for zero waste landfill.
[Photo by Samsung Electro-Mechanics]

Employee campaigns and social contribution activities are also underway. Through a collection campaign to recycle discarded mobile phones, 1,357 phones were collected over two years. Milk cartons were converted into roll tissues, and 1,187 were donated to vulnerable groups.

Jang Deok-hyun, President of Samsung Electro-Mechanics, stated, "To establish ourselves as a trusted and honest company in the global market, we prioritize realizing environmental responsibility (Planet), pursuing the happiness of social members (People), and sustainable growth (Progress). We will strengthen investments in product development and production that consider the global environment."

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