LG Electronics Recovers 156 Tons of Used Batteries, Expands Battery Turn Resource-Circulation Campaign
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LG Electronics will run this year's second Battery Turn campaign until November 30.
With the support of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment and in cooperation with the Korea Environment Corporation and E-Circulation Governance, the campaign collects used wireless vacuum cleaner batteries and recycles rare metals.
Used batteries can be returned at LG Electronics service centers nationwide or through the online brand shop, and customers who participate receive a discount on LG CordZero A9, A9S, and A7 battery purchases.
LG Electronics is continuing its resource-circulation campaign, Battery Turn, which collects used wireless vacuum cleaner batteries and recycles rare metals. On the 2nd, LG Electronics announced that it will hold this year's second Battery Turn campaign. The campaign will run until November 30.
This campaign is being carried out with the support of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment and in cooperation with the Korea Environment Corporation and E-Circulation Governance. LG Electronics promotes resource circulation by collecting used wireless vacuum cleaner batteries, dismantling them, and recovering the rare metals inside.
Used wireless vacuum cleaner batteries are eligible for return, regardless of manufacturer. Returns can be made at LG Electronics service centers nationwide. Customers who have difficulty visiting a service center can also participate remotely through the LG Electronics online brand shop.
To boost participation, LG Electronics is offering customers who return used batteries a discount benefit when purchasing batteries. Eligible products are LG CordZero A9, A9S, and A7 batteries.
Nickel, lithium, cobalt, and manganese are recovered from the collected used batteries. A used LG CordZero A9S battery weighs about 450g, and one battery can yield 31.91g of nickel, 6.06g of lithium, 4.21g of cobalt, and 2.04g of manganese. The amount of used batteries recovered is 156 tons.
Recycling about 1,500 used batteries can recover enough lithium to make batteries for one midsize electric vehicle. LG Electronics launched the Battery Turn campaign in 2022.
From 2022 through the first half of this year, LG Electronics has cumulatively collected about 156 tons of used batteries. The cumulative number of used batteries collected during the period exceeded 340,000. The rare metals recovered during this period topped 13 tons.
The cumulative number of customers who have taken part in the Battery Turn campaign has exceeded 200,000. Customer participation has continued to rise. About 12,000 customers participated in 2022, and more than 50,000 customers participated last year. Participation last year increased by more than 4 times compared with 2022.
Some 30,000 customers took part in the first campaign this year. About 29 tons of used batteries were returned in the first campaign this year. The number of returned used batteries was 64,000. The scale of batteries returned in the first campaign this year was about 10 tons larger than in the same period last year.
LG Electronics returns the profits it gains from collecting used batteries and recycling rare metals to the local community. Based on this, the company is working to expand the social value of resource circulation.
LG Electronics has used funds raised through the Battery Turn campaign to support welfare facilities, and on the 1st it used those funds to donate 15 LG CordZero AI Objet Collection A9 cordless vacuum cleaners to Pine Tree Home, a child welfare facility. The donation ceremony was attended by Yoon Hyung-tae, head of LG Electronics' Living Solution Business Division; Moon Gap-saeng, a director at the Korea Environment Corporation; Lee Sang-jin, chairman of E-Circulation Governance; and Kim Ju-ri, director of Pine Tree Home.
LG Electronics continues to donate cordless vacuum cleaners using funds from the Battery Turn campaign to facilities for people with intellectual disabilities, welfare facilities for unmarried mothers, and comprehensive community welfare centers that provide free meals.
LG Electronics is also expanding the collection of used home appliances, including Battery Turn. Last year, the amount of used electronic products collected in 56 countries and 91 regions worldwide reached 640,000 tons, and the cumulative amount of used electronic products collected since 2006 stands at 5.65 million tons.
LG Electronics is also working to increase waste recycling at domestic and overseas business sites, secure zero landfill certification for global sites, and build a resource-circulation system. Last year, the recycling rate for domestic and overseas business-site waste was 97.3%, surpassing the 2030 target of 95% ahead of schedule.
Regarding the company's direction, Son Chang-woo, head of LG Electronics' Living Solution Business Division, said the company plans to expand resource-circulation activities that customers can easily join and contribute to building a sustainable future.
Source: TECHWORLD · Park Gyu-chan
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407707
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