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“We have been launching such drives across the country and have seen massive participation from our regional offices as well. As a responsible corporate, we believe in preserving the environment for future generations. Electronic waste collection, plastic waste management or such cleanliness drives are all steps taken towards preservation and protection of the environment,” said Sameer Wadhawan, Head of Human Resources at Samsung India.

Over 100 employees participated in this Care for Clean India drive. Armed with cleaning gloves and garbage bags, the group took it upon themselves to rid the park of non-biodegradable waste.

“I am happy that we got the opportunity to participate in this noble activity. At Samsung, we believe in co-prosperity and giving back to the community,” said Jeon Woosung, Customer Satisfaction Team.

In the past, the company has organized tree plantation drives, plastic waste management campaigns across the country that have seen huge participation from employees. Samsung has been pro-actively taking measures to motivate its employees to become more environment conscious through such initiatives.

Love and respect for the environment is instilled in all Samsung employees. They are encouraged to take up projects that help create a greener and cleaner world.

In Tirupati, Samsung employees planted trees and cleaned the city

Recently, Samsung employees in Tirupati in southern India, organized a road show covering 47 kilometers to spread mass awareness about Plastic Waste. They cleaned the city and planted trees.

A sapling plantation drive was organized in Vijaywada

In Vijayawada, another southern Indian town, Samsung employees organized a road rally and waste collection drive to spread awareness about environmental conservation. Employees marched with placards and banners with messages on protection of the environment, all of which were made of eco-friendly material. A sapling plantation drive was organized as well.

Employees in Chennai participated in a Walkathon to spread the message about the hazards of irresponsible disposal of e-waste and plastic waste.

It was heartening to see even school children, teachers and families of employees join in the activities. For instance, in Bengaluru, a school teacher who participated in a painting competition said, “Samsung is a brand that young people look up to. When they send the right message to this generation, it will definitely result in a positive change.”

Samsung Employees in Bengaluru joined school children and teachers in a painting competition

Samsung has two manufacturing units in India, one of which is located in Sriperumbudur near Chennai. It has three R&D centres here. The R&D centre in Bengaluru is the largest outside Korea. Bengaluru is also home to Samsung Opera House, the World’s Largest Mobile Experience Centre.

India is amongst the top 5 countries in e-waste generation*. This includes discarded mobile phones, batteries, laptops, chargers, routers, cables, among other items.

Improper handling of this waste is harmful to the environment and also to the people handling the waste. It is important that this electronic waste is disposed in a responsible manner and this responsibility lies with us.

October 14 is the International E-waste Day and Samsung India employees came forward to celebrate this special day. Electronic waste collection bins were set-up in the Samsung Head Office. Employees queued up in huge numbers with electronic waste of different kinds. In return for all the waste they gave away, all employees were gifted saplings and plant seeds. The activity saw great participation and met with immense enthusiasm.

“As users of technology, we cannot be careless about the disposal of the waste. The gift of saplings make it all the more special,” said Shraddha Upadhyay from the Communications team.

In the Samsung Head Office alone, over 100 kilograms of waste was collected. Similar collection drives were held across the country in different Samsung offices as well. All the e-waste collected will be treated in a responsible way through government authorized recycling companies.

On International E-waste Day through this initiative, Samsung urges all consumers to ensure safe disposal of electronic waste.

*Source: ASSOCHAM and NEC report,2018

Each time you buy a new consumer durable or any electronic device, you get rid of the older one. Ask yourself – are you disposing it in a responsible way?

India is amongst the top 5 countries in e-waste generation*. Electronic waste or e-waste comprises of discarded mobile phones, batteries, laptops, chargers, motherboards, headphones, keyboards, television sets, air conditioners, refrigerators amongst others.

Most people end up selling their e-waste to the informal sector or to kabadiwallas. Improper handling and hazardous methods to extract precious metals from e-waste could prove to be harmful for the environment and the people handling them. Samsung recognizes this challenge and has initiated the Care for Clean India program. Under this program, customers with e-waste need to just call Samsung 1800-5-SAMSUNG or 1800-572-67864. Samsung will collect the e-waste from customers’ doorstep, completely free of cost and take care of the rest. The collected e-waste will be disposed of responsibly through government authorized recycling companies.

The Care for Clean India campaign further cements Samsung India’s commitment to the environment by adhering to the global recycling laws, to raise awareness about responsible disposal of e-waste, reduce generation of e-waste and encourage recycling of e-waste. More importantly, it is an initiative to ensure that we leave a clean and green India for generations to come.

Within a few days of the launch, the campaign has seen participation in huge numbers. Conscious consumers have been calling in to participate actively in the campaign.

Samsung urges you to be a part of this campaign.

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Samsung India thanks you for your appreciation and urges all of you to participate in Care for Clean India campaign

*Source: ASSOCHAM and NEC report,2018

With activities across all Samsung offices, our fight against plastic has become even stronger. Samsung India has a huge strength of close to 70,000 employees and activities for environmental awareness were organized across the country. The impact was immediate. In a matter of a few days, there has been a significant reduction in consumption of tissue papers, plastic bottles and paper cups within the Samsung network. Such initiatives inculcate eco-friendly habits in people and encourage a healthier lifestyle.

Not just that, the employees have taken a green leap and have planted a total of 1776 trees in a single week. At Samsung’s e-waste collection centres, close to 72 kilograms of electronic waste has been collected for recycling on a weekly basis. With energy conservation programmes, daily electricity consumption has also gone down tremendously.

Samsung Industrial Training Institutes across different cities in India educate students on not just technical knowledge, but have also imparted knowledge on green solutions and eco-friendly activities.

It is important that we as individuals realise the need to minimize plastic and electronic waste. The planet is ours and responsibility to save it also lies on us.

Eco-friendly fashion show at SIELS Chennai

Samsung has always made a conscious effort in creating environmental awareness among its employees. This year too, there were several activities planned in Samsung offices across the country and employees participated in large numbers.

Employees at SIELS Chandigarh

The activities kicked off at SRI-Delhi with plastic and digital waste awareness campaign and a Cleanliness Drive was initiated. Despite the sweltering heat, employees gathered in large numbers and cleaned the immediate vicinity taking a pledge to keep their surroundings clean.

SRI-D employees participate in a Cleanliness Drive

The volunteers also planted saplings in the vicinity to boost the green belt and improve environmental sustainability. These will be regularly maintained and monitored by the employees.

In Bengaluru, at the R&D Institute, the team comprised of enthusiastic participants. A creative DIY station was set up in the lobby. Employees were encouraged to recycle and reuse old daily items like t-shirts and plastic bottle among others.

Making bags from old t-shirts at SRI-B

There was also a seed ball activity where employees were taught to create a ball with organic seeds of leafy vegetables and plants that are rolled in mud and compost. This seed ball can germinate into a full-grown plant in a conducive environment.

Seed ball activity at SRI-B

The creativity of the employees was at its peak in the photography (#MyGreenSpace) and painting (#PaintYourImagination) competition that brought together enjoyable moments and the eagerness to make a difference. E-waste campaigns were organized at Samsung offices across the country where employees were given saplings in exchange for their electronic waste. This met with massive participation all over.

SRI-N employees at work

Drawing competition for children organized by SIELS Kolkata

Across all offices, one thing was common — the passion to bring a change. With awareness videos and green messages, the employees made an earnest promise to the environment to be eco-friendly in day-to-day activities. After all, it’s our planet and we are responsible for it.

E-waste Bins

Samsung India Electronics, committed to driving sustainability across the board, introduced a week-long E-waste awareness program for World Environment Day 2016.

As part of the program, Samsung ran a host of activities that educate and ensure awareness, at its two manufacturing units in Chennai and Noida; R&D centres in Delhi, Bengaluru and Noida, partner services across the country and all its offices. Informative videos and teasers and educative e-mailers with facts and insights were shared with employees; while special E-waste bins were put up across locations for employees to adhere to the Company’s philosophy of building a greener environment, so that they can inspire others to follow better E-waste management practices.

Special World Environment Day theme decorations were deployed at mobile service centres. These included notice board decoration and digital display of video, creatives, art or craft made of E-waste material (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) and placing plants in and around the service centers. Employees are being encouraged to commute to office through greener mode of transport.

Anurag Prashar, Vice President, Samsung India Electronics, said, “United Nations’ World Environment Day is an important time for everyone to remind ourselves of our responsibility towards the environment and to resolve that we should come together and work towards protecting the future of planet Earth. At Samsung, we are committed to a sustainable future that makes everyday living better and through this program our aim was to drive this change in thinking through a call for action.”

Samsung Take-back And Recycling (STAR) program is an initiative towards leading a more conscious life, and taking an aware step towards conservation and optimization of resources. So, when an electronic product reaches its end-of-life, we take it back, reuse it, recycle and reinvent it. Samsung Electronics is integrating multiple innovations into its business processes for efficient use of resources to contribute to the noble cause of environment preservation for the greater good of the society at large.

The global E-waste policy of Samsung Electronics supports recycling and remains committed to comply with India’s E-waste Management and Handling Rules.