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Corporate citizenship
goes
upcycling

Sharing the
message of
sustainability
with children

Upcycling for children in the community
Tweezers being used to assemble a practice semiconductor. Recycling logo against a green background. Blue, green, and orange recycling bins, with plastic being thrown in the green recycling bin.
and for a better future

Upcycling for children in the
Tweezers being used to assemble a practice semiconductor. Recycling logo against a green background.
community
Blue, green, and orange recycling bins, with plastic being thrown in the green recycling bin.
and for a better future

A student wearing a school uniform is assembling a semiconductor science classroom kit.

Samsung Semiconductor has sites in five cities: Giheung, Hwaseong, Pyeongtaek, Onyang and Cheonan. Each site has been striving to reduce their environmental impact while offering support to local communities’ sustainable growth. Our efforts have been focused on sustainable activities to create better everyday lives and a better environment for children and local communities. In 2021, as part of these ongoing efforts, we launched the Upcycling Campaign. We also upcycled the semiconductor kits used during Samsung Semiconductor Science Academy classes and donated the renewed kits to children in need in the local community.

Samsung Semiconductor
offers
children in the local
community the
gift of
learning about
semiconductors
and sustainability

Read on to find out more about our corporate citizenship activities where we used recycled materials to help local children.

Recycling becomes
meaningful upcycling

Crumpled white paper waste in a green trash can with a white recycling mark.

At Samsung Semiconductor, we take recycling seriously by emptying, cleaning and separating the waste we generate. In doing so,
we have been able to reduce the amount of plastic waste and recycle more items than before. That averages out to a 7.2-ton monthly increase in recycling and a 1.2-ton daily reduction in waste. The waste separated to be recycled is turned into new material: clear PET plastic bottles are used to make recycled fabrics, paper is used for recycled paper, plastic bags for fuel and coffee capsules for aluminum products. The emptying, cleaning and separating campaign also served as an inspiration for the Upcycling Campaign. And through that campaign, we shared the value of upcycling with children in the community.

The presents to
the children carried
the message of
sustainability

Icon with plastic cup with a straw, fork and cog wheel in it over a square shape.

“The children were fascinated with the
presents. Some wanted to know how
disposable plastic waste was turned into
these new objects.
Many were looking
forward to assembling the jump ropes during
the holidays to exercise. Thank you for such
joyful and meaningful gifts.”Yongin Good Neighbor Child Welfare Center

Icon with plastic cup with a straw, fork and cog wheel in it over a square shape.
Icon with trash can and recycling mark over square shape.

“It was an excellent first-hand experience
learning how the things we throw away can
be turned into such fun products.
We had some great conversations with the
children on the importance of recycling.
Thank you for continuing to support the
local communities.”Mulpurae Child Welfare Center

Icon with trash can and recycling mark over square shape.

Children sharing
the
value of
upcycling
through
semiconductor
science kits

Upcycling science kits

A box-shaped icon with a packed box, a recycling mark, a video and a heart representing the stages of recycling of the program kit.
  • STEP 1

    Samsung Semiconductor
    Science
    Academy students
    donate their
    used science kits

  • STEP 2

    The kits are
    professionally
    upcycled

  • STEP 3

    Happy Whale volunteers
    created
    instructional
    videos

  • STEP 4

    Upcycled science kits
    are donated
    to children
    in need

The upcycled science kit project was made possible thanks to the students who had attended the Samsung Semiconductor Science Academy. About 80% of the students from four schools in Yongin happily donated their own semiconductor kits, resulting in a total of 324 kits available for upcycling. The kits were sent to a manufacturer to be upcycled and the Samsung Happy Whale volunteers created instructional videos. The students’ science kits were passed to children at the local afterschool centers, along with the joy of sharing, so the children were able to learn more about semiconductors while experiencing sustainable efforts first-hand.

The kits help
children
learn
science as well
as the value of
upcycling

The upcycled science kits were passed from students to the children in the local community, along with the joy of sharing, so the children were able to learn more about semiconductors while experiencing sustainable efforts first-hand.

We are building a
sustainable infrastructure
to create a cleaner
environment for the
children

We are striving to do our part to create better lives for the community and to create a better future.
And to help children learn about Samsung’s advanced technology as well as experience ways to take steps toward a greener future, we continue to build a sustainable infrastructure for society.

  • Upcycling single-use plastic wasteto create school supplies that help
    children learn

    Upcycling single-use plastic waste to
    create school supplies
    that help children
    learn

    In 2021, Samsung Semiconductor carried out the Upcycling Campaign, upcycling single-use plastic waste generated from on-site cafeterias and the local communities and turning them into pencil cases and jump ropes which were donated to local children’s centers.
    The campaign was held from June 3 to June 11 to celebrate World Environment Day.
    Twelve Samsung Foundry teams participated in the campaign’s first season and approximately 1,000 single-use plastic items were turned into felt pencil cases and beaded jump ropes.

    Single-use plastic waste
    for upcycling     Upcycled
    items     Fruit container lid, yoghurt container, yogurt lid, felt pencil case icon showing the process from disposable items becoming a felt pencil case. Spoon and fork, rice ball lid, sauce container lid, and bead jump rope icons showing the process of disposable items becoming a beaded jump rope.
    • Fruit cup lids
    • Yogurt cups
    • Yogurt cup lids
    • Spoons·forks
    • Big
      container lids
    • Small
      container lids

    Felt
    pencil cases

    Beaded
    jump ropes

    The disposable plastic cup lids and plastic yogurt cups were turned into pencil cases and plastic utensils became material for beaded jump ropes. These meaningful presents, created as a result of the first Uplcycling Campaign, were given to 378 children at 14 centers throughout Yongin.

  • Upcycled science kits were given to
    257 children locally

    Upcycled science kits
    were given to 257
    children locally

    This is the completed Wafer Model Clock Kit, a science program kit.

    In August 2021, science lab kits were donated to the children at All Together Care Center. This project was led by Happy Whale, a volunteer group of 8 employees on the Foundry Quality & Reliability Team. They wanted to help children who had limited access to learning resources during the COVID-19 pandemic and to help them grow academically. They came up with the idea of upcycling science kits that had been used for the Samsung Semiconductor Science Academy, so children in need could learn about semiconductors at home. The kits included material and how-to videos to make wafer-shaped clocks and light detector circuit timer sensor boards.

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