The medals awarded to athletes at the Tokyo Olympics were made from electrical waste. For their production, electrical waste such as computers, laptops, tablets and mobile phones were used. The campaign to collect waste for their production lasted two years.
This is the first time in history that all medals in the Olympic Games have been disposed of. During the previous Olympics in Rio de Janerio, the organizers decided to use recycled materials for the production of medals. However, the Japanese decided to go even further and make all the Olympic rings this way.
The Tokyo Medal Project campaign - started in 2017 (that is, three years before the scheduled date of the Games). Almost all cities in Japan were involved in it. In total, over 80 tons of e-waste has been collected, such as used computer equipment, smartphones, smartwatches, laptops, etc.
During the processing, 32 kilograms of gold, 35 kilograms of silver and 22 kilograms of bronze were selected. recovered from them. Of these, about 5,000 were produced. discs of different colors.
Wirtualnemedia also recalls that 53.6 million tons of e-waste were generated worldwide in 2019, which means 7.3 kilograms per person. Over the past 5 years, the amount of this waste has increased by 20%, mainly due to an increase in the demand for electronic devices with a short life cycle.
Olympic medals made from 80 tons of electrical waste
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Azovpromstal® 30 July 2021 г. 11:18 |
