Samsung’s Big Green Move: Galaxy Phones Now Run on Recycled Batteries!
Samsung Electronics is expanding the use of recycled elements in Galaxy products, such as cobalt, a crucial component for batteries, as part of its mission to do more with less of the planet’s natural resources.
Samsung Electronics has almost doubled its use of recycled materials in its Galaxy lines thereby heightening its potential towards doing more for the planet. Last year, the first device to use recycled cobalt was the Galaxy S24 series.
Now, Samsung has gone further with the recycling project, by obtaining cobalt from batteries that were disposed of during the manufacturing process and from used Galaxy smartphones.
To do this, a unique circular battery supply chain was developed together with like-minded partners. Its multi-phase procedure allows the extraction of cobalt from old Galaxy batteries, giving them a second life.
The initial step involves collecting the previously used Galaxy handsets through trade-in campaigns. The batteries are very carefully disassembled to safely recover cobalt, discharged, and finally shredded.
The powdered they’re turned into “black mass,” which is a combination of metals including cobalt.
Following further processing, cobalt along with other metals is liberated from this mass before being made into a cathode material, which is crucial for rechargeable batteries, especially for smartphones.
In the battery for the new Galaxy S25, cobalt is fully 50% recycled through the last stage of the battery manufacturing process.
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