Animals made of empty cardboard in Samsung home appliances

"Bear" and "turtle" made of cardboard.It looks like a masterpiece finished by a child, but it is actually a reusable of Samsung TV and home appliances, that is, in empty boxes.Samsung has adopted a recycled paper for some of the packages of home appliances since 2020, but not only that, but also after taking out the product, making a bookshelf or cat house without discarding empty boxes.We are developing the "eco package" that can be done.[Photo] GALAXY S22 A part of the ULTRA parts can be used for recruiting cardboard that collects marine dumping fish nets, but in fact the package is devised.If you look closely at the package, not only the product name and explanation are written, but also a small dot is drawn at equal intervals.In addition, the package has a QR code, and when read with a smartphone, you can see shelves and racks that can be made in the empty box.If you select what you want to make, the blueprint will be displayed, and after connecting the dots with a ruler, cutting with a cutter to complete.Product package is originally for preventing damage during transportation, but not only returns to its essence, but also reduces the amount of garbage by reusing it without disposing of it.At first, the adoption of eco -packages, which was only a part of the TV, is now dozens of compatible products.In addition, the size of the package is different between TV and small home appliances, so the variations that can be made are different.Each package seems to be able to make small shelves, but if you have a large package, you can make a cat's house, tunnel, and a smartphone or tablet scan stand.In addition, the difficulty level is displayed in four stars, and the standard working time is also displayed.It can be said that Samsung is seriously working on reuse the package.The bears and turtles in the opening photo are the winners of the contest that compete for the ideas of this eco package.Good ideas will be used in the future of Samsung's home appliance package.In 2021, the "Pet House" challenge was also held in Southeast Asia, and CES 2022, which was held in Las Vegas in January, was exhibited at the Samsen booth.Samsung is a major manufacturer not only for smartphones but also for TV and home appliances, and it is a matter of course as a company to create products that consider the global environment.The activities of the manufacturer are now not established without sustainability (sustainable).Samsung not only reuse cardboard in the home appliance package, but also uses playback plastic materials for plastic and boxes that wrap around the box.In addition, when assembling the box, the use of staples is stopped and changed to adhesives reduces the time to assemble the box by 20 %, leading to energy reductions such as the utility costs of the line.On the other hand, mobile products such as smartphones are also recycling.Samsung announced last year a new sustainable vision of the mobile business, "GalaxyFor The Planet", and will use regeneration materials for all new mobile products by 2025.The new product "Galaxy S22" series, which was just announced in February, has adopted some parts inside the main unit and a 20 % recycled resin recycled fish networked.According to Samsung, about 640,000 tons of fishing nets are dumped in the sea each year, and this material will be actively adopted as maintenance and environmental measures for marine life.In addition, 100 % recycled paper is used for the package.The package size has become smaller because the charger is no longer included in the main unit, and no film to protect internal partitions and accessories is needed.In some cases other than the smartphone itself is made of playback plastic.Cases protect smartphones, but most of them are discarded after about a year.Then it can be said that using a recycled material from the beginning is more environmentally environment.If possible, Samsung collects and regenerates it to use it for new purposes.Only Samsung, which sells about 300 million smartphones in a year and about 40 million TVs, produces a large result.It is expected that this movement will spread to manufacturers other than Samsung.

Yasuhiro Yamane