This is how the Galaxy S eco packaging has changed over the years

Final updated: March 30th, 2021 at 16:43 UTC+01:00

Samsung's sustainability efforts in recent years have led to a few key changes to the company's manufacturing processes as well as the retail packaging of its products. And in recent news, Samsung has released a new infographic that tells the eco-conscious journey of the Milky way S flagship series — or rather its packaging — over the past half a decade.

Samsung became increasingly eco-witting with every new Milky way S flagship generation it released over the past five years, so hither's a quick summary of what'due south been going on.

Samsung's Milky way Southward eco-journey so far

With the launch of the Galaxy S8 serial in 2017, Samsung has removed the magnet from the packaging, it has replaced the plastic accessory tray with one manufactured from paper-based materials, and it has completely removed the plastic case that came with the included earbuds.

The following twelvemonth — with the launch of the Milky way S9 series — Samsung maintained all of the previous changes but has also replaced the plastic-built device tray to a different tray made from pulp-mold material.

The packaging for the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S20 lineups went through even more desperate changes. The package structure was simplified, the accessory tie material was changed to paper, and protective films were removed from accessories. Furthermore, the accompaniment trays were integrated to one pulp-mold tray. Interestingly, Samsung also claims that the accessory coating was changed from sleeky to matte considering the latter solution is more eco-friendly.

Finally, the latest Galaxy S21 serial represents some other important pace in Samsung's journeying towards sustainability, even though information technology may have come up at a cost for consumers. The packaging was fabricated from corrugated carboard to reduce material waste, but more than importantly, the company has removed a couple of in-box accessories — the charger and the AKG-branded earbuds –to minimize the corporeality of packaging necessary.

Samsung'due south eco-friendly efforts have led to the US EPA (Ecology Protection Agency) application the visitor with the Gold Tier Award for recycling of electronic waste, every bit well equally the Champion Laurels for the Galaxy S10's eco-packaging. You can refer to the infographic below for more details.