三星电子回收晶圆废料，减少6859吨废弃物
三星电子于9月4日宣布，在其运营中扩大被认定为循环资源的废料种类，并拓宽回收范围。该公司通过回收晶圆废料等措施，已减少6859吨废弃物。此举涉及半导体制造过程中的废料处理，与元器件供应链的可持续性相关。
原文深度解读
本文报道三星电子于2025年9月4日宣布扩大其运营中循环资源认证的废料种类和回收范围。截至2025年8月，公司累计获得38项循环资源认证，2025年通过该计划减少6859吨废弃物。文章涉及半导体制造中的晶圆废料、托盘、金刚石盘等回收案例，以及家电制造中的废料回收，与电子元器件供应链的可持续性和资源循环相关。
- 三星电子于9月4日宣布，截至今年8月已累计获得38项循环资源认证，2025年通过该计划减少6859吨废弃物。
- 韩国循环资源认证体系允许符合法律要求的废料被认定为资源，并作为原材料再利用，不受废料相关法规约束。
- 三星电子设备解决方案（DS）部门自2019年起扩大废料回收和资源回收，截至今年8月累计获得30项循环资源认证。
- 晶圆托盘被收集后加工成再生塑料，用于DX部门产品，如Galaxy S25系列的侧面和音量键。
- 生产中的缺陷晶圆被粉碎提取硅，作为铝合金原料；金刚石盘回收钯，用于PCB制造。
- DX部门2024年审查水原、龟尾和光州工厂的废料，确定20项潜在循环资源认证，已获得8项认证覆盖12项，计划2027年6月前完成剩余8项。
供应链影响
- 三星电子扩大循环资源认证可能减少对原生原材料的依赖，影响上游材料供应商的需求结构。
- 晶圆废料回收提取硅和钯，可能为半导体材料供应链提供补充来源，但具体影响取决于回收效率和成本。
- 废料回收用于家电产品，可能降低部分塑料和金属部件的采购需求，影响相关供应商。
- 循环资源认证简化废料管理流程，可能提高内部生产效率，但对外部废料处理服务商的需求可能减少。
- 三星计划扩展循环资源供应链，未来可能将更多回收材料用于生产，取决于认证进展和法规变化。
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从左至右：晶圆托盘、由晶圆盒制成的挤出颗粒和金刚石盘。（照片：三星电子）
三星电子正在扩大其运营中被认定为循环资源的废料种类，并拓宽回收范围。
三星电子于9月4日表示，截至今年8月，已累计获得38项循环资源认证。2025年，该公司通过该计划减少了6859吨废弃物。
韩国的循环资源认证体系允许符合法律要求的废料被认定为资源，并作为原材料再利用，而不受废料相关法规的约束。
三星电子的设备解决方案（DS）部门自2019年以来扩大了废料回收和资源回收，截至今年8月，其运营中累计获得30项循环资源认证。
一个例子是用于运输半导体晶圆的晶圆托盘。收集的晶圆托盘被加工成再生塑料，并用作设备体验（DX）部门所生产产品的材料。该材料已应用于Galaxy S25系列的侧面和音量键。
生产过程中产生的缺陷晶圆被粉碎并加工以提取硅，硅被回收作为铝合金的原材料。钯从用于晶圆抛光的金刚石盘中回收，并加工成用于印刷电路板（PCB）制造的化合物。
DX部门于2024年与韩国环境公团审查了其水原、龟尾和光州工厂产生的废料，确定了20项可能获得循环资源认证的项目。目前已获得8项认证，覆盖其中12项，并计划在2027年6月前为剩余8项寻求认证。
光州工厂于2025年获得了冰箱成型过程中产生的废料的循环资源认证。此前，这些废料被外部粉碎并作为产品材料再利用，但仍被归类为废料，需要存储和运输程序。该认证简化了这些管理程序。
三星电子还在扩大对制造工厂以外产生的废料的回收。家电安装后留下的泡沫塑料包装被收集并加工成塑料材料，用于Bespoke AI WindFree Combo Gallery空调和Infinite AI空气净化器的内部组件。
产品制造过程中产生的废玻璃被回收成复合纤维材料，并应用于Bespoke AI Combo洗衣机烘干机的外桶。由回收废食用油制成的材料也用于冰箱的储物隔间。
三星电子计划通过将废料中回收的材料返回产品制造和生产过程，识别更多可回收项目并扩大其循环资源供应链。
From left, a wafer tray, extruded pellets made from wafer boxes and a diamond disk. (Photo: Samsung Electronics)
Samsung Electronics is expanding the number of waste materials recognized as circular resources at its operations and broadening the scope of recycling.
Samsung Electronics said on Sept. 4 that it had secured a cumulative 38 circular-resource recognitions as of August this year. The company reduced 6,859 tons of waste in 2025 through the program.
South Korea's circular-resource recognition system allows waste that meets legal requirements to be recognized as a resource and reused as raw material without being subject to waste-related regulations.
Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions (DS) Division has expanded waste recycling and resource recovery since 2019, securing a cumulative 30 circular-resource recognitions across its operations as of August this year.
One example is wafer trays used to transport semiconductor wafers. Collected wafer trays are processed into recycled plastic and used as material for products made by the Device eXperience (DX) Division. The material has been applied to the side and volume keys of the Galaxy S25 series.
Defective wafers generated during production are crushed and processed to extract silicon, which is recycled as a raw material for aluminum alloys. Palladium is recovered from diamond disks used in wafer polishing and processed into compounds used as raw materials for printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing.
The DX Division reviewed waste generated at its Suwon, Gumi and Gwangju sites with the Korea Environment Corporation in 2024 and identified 20 items for potential circular-resource recognition. It has secured eight recognitions covering 12 of those items and plans to seek recognition for the remaining eight by June 2027.
The Gwangju site secured circular-resource recognition in 2025 for scrap generated during refrigerator molding. Previously, the scrap was crushed externally and reused as product material but was still classified as waste, requiring procedures for storage and transportation. The recognition simplified those management procedures.
Samsung Electronics is also expanding recycling of waste generated outside its manufacturing sites. Styrofoam packaging left after home appliance installations is collected and processed into plastic material used in internal components of the Bespoke AI WindFree Combo Gallery air conditioner and Infinite AI air purifier.
Waste glass generated during product manufacturing is recycled into composite fiber material and applied to the outer tub of the Bespoke AI Combo washer-dryer. Material made from recycled waste cooking oil is also used in refrigerator storage compartments.
Samsung Electronics plans to identify additional recyclable items and expand its circular-resource supply chain by returning materials recovered from waste to product manufacturing and production processes.