In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the true cost of Samsung smartphones like the Galaxy S10 and the Galaxy Fold. Specifically, I look at the environmental impact of Samsung’s phone from manufacturing to waste and see whether they are an eco-friendly smartphone maker. Samsung has had problems with phones breaking in the past like the Galaxy Note 7, which has led to some environmentally disastrous recalls. Considering Samsung owns a large portion of the smartphone market, it’s important to consider the environmental consequences of phones that are rushed to the market like the Galaxy Fold.
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Resources:
1. From Smart to Senseless: The Global Impact of 10 Years of Smartphones (Greenpeace): http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/FINAL-10YearsSmartphones-Report-Design-230217-Digital.pdf
2. Redefining Scope: The True Environmental Impact of Smartphones? (Suckling and Lee): https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs11367-015-0909-4.pdf
3. The hidden cost of your smartphone (Which): https://www.which.co.uk/news/2019/03/the-hidden-cost-of-your-smartphone/
4. Global Warming Potential of a Smartphone (Elif Mine Ercan): http://kth.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:677729/FULLTEXT01.pdf
5. Guide to Greener Electronics (Greenpeace): https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Guide-to-Greener-Electronics-2017.pdf
6. Samsung Electronics to Expand Use of Renewable Energy (Samsung Newsroom): https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-electronics-to-expand-use-of-renewable-energy
7. The Cobalt Pipeline (The Washington Post): https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/batteries/congo-cobalt-mining-for-lithium-ion-battery/?noredirect=on&tid=a_inl
8. Our smartphone addiction is costing the Earth (TechRadar): https://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/our-smartphone-addiction-is-costing-the-earth-1299378
9. Samsung Climate Action (Samsung): https://www.samsung.com/us/aboutsamsung/sustainability/environment/climate-action/
10. EPEAT Galaxy S10 Gold award points breakdown (EPEAT): https://www.epeat.net/products/5ca8de4574cb8e0180563f39
11. iFixit Smartphone Repairability Scores (iFixit): https://www.ifixit.com/smartphone-repairability?sort=date
12. My Samsung Galaxy Fold screen broke after just a day (The Verge): https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/17/18411510/samsung-galaxy-fold-broken-screen-debris-dust-hinge-flexible-bulge
13. Dumping 4.3 million Samsung phones is an environmental fiasco that may finally show us how to recycle smartphones (Quartz): https://qz.com/825764/dumping-4-3-million-samsung-ssnlf-galaxy-note-7-smartphones-is-an-environmental-debacle-that-could-show-us-how-to-recycle-ewaste/
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