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  • We contribute to resource circularity through waste recycling
    We contribute to resource circularity through waste recycling
    We contribute to resource circularity through waste recycling

    A lush forest of green pine trees.

Samsung Semiconductor obtained
UL’s Zero Waste
to Landfill Validation. Samsung Semiconductor obtained UL’s Zero Waste
to Landfill Validation. Samsung Semiconductor obtained
UL’s Zero Waste
to Landfill Validation.

From waste to energy,
from energy to life From waste to energy,
from energy to life From waste to energy,
from energy to life

A vast green forest with a body of water in the center.

Samsung Semiconductor’s bright future
is built on efforts to reuse waste.
The Earth and environment are the
start and end of our journey. Samsung Semiconductor’s bright future is built on efforts to reuse waste. The Earth and environment are the start and end of our journey. Samsung Semiconductor’s bright future is built on efforts to reuse waste. The Earth and environment are the start and end of our journey.

By reducing the amount of resources
we use and recycling them after use,
we can turn waste into energy and
energy into life in a continuous cycle. By reducing the amount of resources we use and recycling them after use, we can turn waste into energy and energy into life in a continuous cycle. By reducing the amount of resources we use and recycling them after use, we can turn waste into energy and energy into life in a continuous cycle.

With Samsung Semiconductor,
life looks a little brighter. With Samsung Semiconductor,
life looks a little brighter. With Samsung Semiconductor,
life looks a little brighter.

Recycling is as important as using Recycling is as important as using Recycling is as important as using

The Samsung Semiconductor site in Pyeongtaek, behind a flower bed with blooming flowers

Zero Waste to Landfill
validation level Zero Waste to Landfill
validation level Zero Waste to Landfill
validation level

Infographic showing the percentages of the Zero Waste to Landfill certification: 100% is Platinum, 95-99% is Gold, 90-94% is Silver, and 80% or more is Certified.

  • Platinum

    100%

  • Gold

    95 ~ 99%

  • Silver

    90 ~ 94%

  • Certified

    80%+

The Zero Waste to Landfill validation, from the global safety certification organization UL, is a key indicator in evaluating a company’s steps toward a circular economy. Companies are awarded different levels of designations based on the percentage of waste used as resources.

 

Certification is divided into Platinum, Gold, and Silver grades according to waste-to-resource circulation rate. As a result of the company’s consistent efforts toward acquiring the highest Platinum grade of “Zero Waste to Landfill Validation", all five Samsung Semiconductor manufacturing sites in South Korea and two in China attained the Platinum grade in 2023, while one plant in the US maintained its Gold grade certification.

The Zero Waste to Landfill validation, from the global safety certification organization UL, is a key indicator in evaluating a company’s steps toward a circular economy. Companies are awarded different levels of designations based on the percentage of waste used as resources.

 

Certification is divided into Platinum, Gold, and Silver grades according to waste-to-resource circulation rate. As a result of the company’s consistent efforts toward acquiring the highest Platinum grade of “Zero Waste to Landfill Validation", all five Samsung Semiconductor manufacturing sites in South Korea and two in China attained the Platinum grade in 2023, while one plant in the US maintained its Gold grade certification.

The Zero Waste to Landfill validation, from the global safety certification organization UL, is a key indicator in evaluating a company’s steps toward a circular economy. Companies are awarded different levels of designations based on the percentage of waste used as resources.

 

Certification is divided into Platinum, Gold, and Silver grades according to waste-to-resource circulation rate. As a result of the company’s consistent efforts toward acquiring the highest Platinum grade of “Zero Waste to Landfill Validation", all five Samsung Semiconductor manufacturing sites in South Korea and two in China attained the Platinum grade in 2023, while one plant in the US maintained its Gold grade certification.

Samsung Semiconductor Zero Waste to Landfill Validations in 2023 Samsung Semiconductor Zero Waste to Landfill Validations in 2023 Samsung Semiconductor Zero Waste to Landfill Validations in 2023

 

Gold (95~99% waste diversion)

Platinum (100% waste diversion)

 

 

Gold (95~99% waste diversion)

Platinum (100% waste diversion)

 

 

Gold (95~99% waste diversion)

Platinum (100% waste diversion)

 

Infographic showing the locations of Korea, China and the United States with icons on a world map.

Platinum

Hwaseong

Giheung

Pyeongtaek

Onyang

Cheonan

Platinum

Xi’an

Suzhou

Gold

Austin

Sky view of excavator pumping pollutants.

What is Zero
Waste to Landfill
validation? What is Zero
Waste to Landfill
validation? What is Zero Waste to Landfill validation?

Forest full of pine trees.

Samsung's Efforts Towards
'Zero Waste to Landfill' Samsung's Efforts Towards
'Zero Waste to Landfill' Samsung's Efforts Towards
'Zero Waste to Landfill'

The difference between
gold and platinum is just 5%.
And having obtained gold designations,
Samsung Semiconductor continued to strive
toward platinum status.
But it seemed almost impossible
to divert the last 5% of the waste that
was being sent to landfills. The difference between
gold and platinum is just 5%.
And having obtained gold designations,
Samsung Semiconductor continued to strive toward platinum status.
But it seemed almost impossible
to divert the last 5% of the waste that
was being sent to landfills. The difference between gold and platinum is just 5%.
And having obtained gold designations, Samsung Semiconductor continued to strive toward platinum status.
But it seemed almost impossible to divert the last 5% of the waste that was being sent to landfills.

Find out how Samsung Semiconductor
overcame the final hurdle. Find out how Samsung Semiconductor
overcame the final hurdle. Find out how Samsung Semiconductor overcame the final hurdle.

Molten copper is poured into a mold above the making of a copper block.

Wastewater sludge becomes alternative resources Wastewater sludge becomes alternative resources Wastewater sludge becomes alternative resources

A pile of black pieces of plastic.

Transition to Recycling and Expansion of Reused Materials Transition to Recycling and Expansion of Reused Materials Transition to Recycling and Expansion of Reused Materials

Resource recycling video thumbnail

Working together today
towards creating semiconductors
for a circular economy Working together today
towards creating semiconductors
for a circular economy Working together today towards creating semiconductors
for a circular economy

Acquired UL Platinum
for all plants in South Korea
(Hwaseong, Giheung,
Pyeongtaek, Onyang, Cheonan)
and in China (Xi’an and Suzhou) Acquired UL Platinum
for all plants in South Korea
(Hwaseong, Giheung,
Pyeongtaek, Onyang, Cheonan)
and in China (Xi’an and Suzhou) Acquired UL Platinum for all plants in South Korea (Hwaseong, Giheung, Pyeongtaek, Onyang, Cheonan) and in China (Xi’an and Suzhou)

And we will continue until
all our sites obtain the platinum level for
Zero Waste to Landfill by 2025. And we will continue until
all our sites obtain the platinum level for
Zero Waste to Landfill by 2025. And we will continue until all our sites obtain the platinum level for Zero Waste to Landfill by 2025.

Sky view of cloverleaf interchange with trees between the interchange and the highway.

For us, technology and eco-consciousness
are
one and the same. For us, technology and eco-consciousness
are
one and the same. For us, technology and eco-consciousness
are
one and the same.

Since 2018, we have had a goal of becoming zero waste, studying the recycling of different kinds of waste and investing heavily in the necessary facilities.

 

We also provide our partners with financial support in building extended facilities, and we conduct research to improve the efficiency of dehydration pumps and filters. And at Samsung, we all worked together to separate recyclables and minimize our use of disposable products, leading to a reduction in incinerated waste by roughly 285 tons per year.

 

We also received the honor of a Presidential Citation for Leading Companies in Resource Recirculation in 2019. But beyond Zero Waste to Landfill validations and Presidential Citations, our true honor is knowing that we’re creating a sustainable future.

Since 2018, we have had a goal of becoming zero waste, studying the recycling of different kinds of waste and investing heavily in the necessary facilities.

 

We also provide our partners with financial support in building extended facilities, and we conduct research to improve the efficiency of dehydration pumps and filters. And at Samsung, we all worked together to separate recyclables and minimize our use of disposable products, leading to a reduction in incinerated waste by roughly 285 tons per year.

 

We also received the honor of a Presidential Citation for Leading Companies in Resource Recirculation in 2019. But beyond Zero Waste to Landfill validations and Presidential Citations, our true honor is knowing that we’re creating a sustainable future.

Since 2018, we have had a goal of becoming zero waste, studying the recycling of different kinds of waste and investing heavily in the necessary facilities.

 

We also provide our partners with financial support in building extended facilities, and we conduct research to improve the efficiency of dehydration pumps and filters. And at Samsung, we all worked together to separate recyclables and minimize our use of disposable products, leading to a reduction in incinerated waste by roughly 285 tons per year.

 

We also received the honor of a Presidential Citation for Leading Companies in Resource Recirculation in 2019. But beyond Zero Waste to Landfill validations and Presidential Citations, our true honor is knowing that we’re creating a sustainable future.

Creating value from waste. Creating value from waste. Creating value
from waste.

At Samsung
Semiconductor,

we continue our march
toward a circular economy
where we reuse and recycle
all the

waste we generate. At Samsung
Semiconductor,

we continue our march
toward a circular economy
where we reuse and recycle
all the
waste we generate. At Samsung
Semiconductor,

we continue our march
toward a circular economy
where we reuse and recycle
all the

waste we generate.

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