When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S25 series in January, it also introduced its Circular Battery Supply Chain program. Now, the company has revealed in detail how the process works.
When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S25 series in January, it also introduced its Circular Battery Supply Chain program. This initiative focuses on sustainability by collecting old Galaxy phones and recycling their batteries to create new batteries for the Galaxy S25 lineup.
Actually, for the first time, this closed-loop battery recycling system is being applied to Samsung’s flagship series and now the company has revealed even more details on how the process works.
According to Samsung, its production facilities in Vietnam collect about 200 tons of waste battery material annually. Some countries with advanced recycling systems repurpose these materials for things like electric vehicle batteries, but Vietnam lacks the necessary infrastructure.
And to address this gap and promote sustainability, Samsung says it took matters into its own hands, setting up a solution to ensure that these materials don’t go to waste.
Samsung’s Vietnam facilities are among those that generate the highest volume of waste batteries, including defective units from the manufacturing process and batteries recovered from a factory that repairs Galaxy phones traded in from the United States.
