LG Electronics sets target of nearly 600,000 tons of recycled plastic

LG Electronics has set a goal of using nearly 600,000 tons of recycled plastic by 2030, working together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the value chain
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The goal is part of LG Electronics' larger plan to build an e-waste recycling ecosystem and increase the use of post-consumer recycled materials in its consumer electronics and home appliances products
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In 2020, LG Electronics used about 20,000 tons of recycled plastic in its products and plans to increase it more than tenfold by 2025
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While recycled plastics are currently used in LG TVs, monitors, speakers, washing machines, refrigerators and air conditioners, LG Electronics will also expand the use of recycled plastics to other products
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In addition to using more recycled plastic, LG Electronics has also reduced the use of virgin plastic throughout its operations
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For example, 18 OLED TV models will be produced this year using less virgin plastic, while in 2020 LG will reduce plastic by as much as 10,000 metric tons for 14 TVs
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LG Electronics also increased its e-waste recycling target from 4.
5 million tons in 2006 to more than 8 million tons in 2030; LG Electronics is implementing recycling and recycling of e-waste in 52 countries
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In South Korea, the LG Chilseo Recycling Center, which opened in 2001, not only recycles e-waste, but also new parts made from recycled plastic and transports them to a nearby LG appliance factory to be used in products such as refrigerators
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From production, transportation to use, LG Electronics is working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the product life cycle, as an important part of its sustainable management goals, LG Electronics' parent company LG Corp.
Civil society has reached an agreement to implement plastic-free management at its main R&D campus, LG Science Park
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