Samsung has received an Environmental Leader 2018 Project of the Year Award winner for its Galaxy Upcycling programme. The award honours the programme’s use of a product’s materials throughout its entire lifecycle.
The programe allows Galaxy phone owners to retrofit the hardware and software of antiquated, used phones into new technology products such as closed circuit TVs, gaming consoles and IoT devices.
The aim of the initiative is to put the tools for transforming devices into new technology in consumers’ hands by providing them with the necessary software changes and suggested hardware changes that enable new functionality. It was created by the company’s innovation hub, C-Lab, and will launch in 2018.
This is the second time in 2018 that the Galaxy Upcycling programme has been recognised in the US for its recycling efforts. In January, the program received the US EPA’s Cutting Edge Champion Award.
