Samsung Electronics is constructing on its dedication to do extra with much less of the planet’s pure sources by persevering with to scale the usage of recycled supplies in Galaxy gadgets, together with cobalt, an important materials for batteries. Last 12 months, the Galaxy S24 sequence was the primary gadget to include recycled cobalt. Now, Samsung is taking it one step additional by sourcing cobalt from the batteries of beforehand used Galaxy gadgets and batteries discarded through the manufacturing course of. To obtain this, Samsung established a brand new Circular Battery Supply Chain with like-minded companions, that includes a multi-phase course of to recuperate cobalt from beforehand used Galaxy batteries, giving them a second life to energy the brand new Galaxy S25.1
The course of begins by gathering beforehand used Galaxy smartphones, akin to these from trade-in packages. The batteries are rigorously dismantled, discharged and shredded to soundly recuperate cobalt. Then, the shredded fragments are processed into “black mass,” a powder combination containing cobalt and different metals. The black mass undergoes additional processing to extract cobalt, which is then used to provide cathode materials — an integral part of smartphone batteries. The remaining cobalt goes by means of the ultimate stage of the battery manufacturing course of, turning into an integral a part of the brand new Galaxy S25 batteries, with every Galaxy S25 battery that includes 50% recycled cobalt.2
Samsung will proceed to increase the usage of our new recycled cobalt batteries into our ecosystem to speed up circularity.
Check out the video under to be taught extra about how Samsung’s progressive Circular Battery Supply Chain is paving the way in which for a extra sustainable future.
1 Inclusion might differ by markets.
2 A minimal of 25% of the Galaxy S25 battery is cobalt by weight, 50% of which is recycled cobalt.
