You've probably heard the saying that one man's trash is another man's gold. The organizers of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which will be held in 2020, follow this rule. The most successful athletes will be awarded medals made from recycled waste.
Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has confirmed that as part of the big event, he will carry out a project that lives up to the name Medal Project. Approximately 5 thousand gold, silver and bronze medals will be made from of recycled electronic devices, such as telephones.
Action, for the needs of which the Japanese are in kar 1594 districts set up collection centers, everything will be held until the end of March this year. The organizers expect that by then they will be able to achieve the set goals: collect 2700 kg of bronze, 30.3 kg of gold and 4100 kg of silver. The most interesting thing is the fact that it is 3 grams of gold can be obtained from what 100 mobile phones.
The committee aims for the Olympic Games in Japan to go down in history as the first games with 100% recycled materials, used in the production of medals. They were supposed to do this by refining gold, using scrap metals and employing Japanese technology companies.
The organizers want with the campaign at the same time encourage residents to protect the environment. Since April 2017, they have been urged to do so donate products from the field of consumer electronics, which they no longer need.
So far we have not found out, what the medals will look like at the upcoming Olympics. If the predictions are to be believed, we will first seen in mid-2019.
More information:
tokyo2020.org
