The Galaxy S22 will use plastic from recycled fishing nets
Image: evleaks (Twitter) The Galaxy S22 has leaked extensively, but there's only so much you can tell from renders. For example, it turns out that Samsung has created a new material" to use in the product - one made from the plastic in discarded fishing nets.
Samsung says it'll soon incorporate repurposed ocean-bound plastics" across its whole product lineup, and the first example will be the Galaxy devices introduced at the Unpacked event this Wednesday, February 9th. It's not yet clear to what extent the material will be used or in which parts of the products; Samsung isn't explicit about how it fits into any of the devices' construction.
Citing a report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations that says 640,000 tons of fishing nets...