Optimizing product packaging to promote a circular economy for plastics

In 2024, Huawei introduced a special program to reduce plastic use in packaging, helping tackle global plastic pollution. We adopted a "Reduce, Eliminate, Reuse, and Recycle" strategy to promote a circular economy for plastics. We have also made reducing and eliminating plastic packaging a quality requirement, and incorporated this into our product design, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and campus operations processes. Furthermore, we have identified all packaging components that contain plastic, and are working with partners to explore innovative technical solutions and recycling models to further reduce the use of virgin plastic, while guaranteeing packaging reliability and material availability. We also employ methods including materials science, specification design, packaging simulation, intelligent stacking, and fulfillment model optimization to reduce or even eliminate plastic packaging for our products. In 2024, we cut the amount of plastic used in packaging by over 1,000 metric tons through a number of measures.

Credible, scientific data is key to a circular economy. Huawei is working to improve its plastic footprint tracking and statistics capabilities, identify hotspots of single-use plastics, and continually reduce the use of plastic packaging through innovation, recycling, and reuse.