GUWAHATI: Tokyo Olympics 2020 will use 5,000 medals that have all been made using 100% recycled materials from old electronics.
Reportedly collected by the Olympic Committee, 6.21 million phones were used to be able to get the right amount of materials for gold, silver and bronze medals.
Other devices collected included cameras and laptops, amounting to almost 80,000 tons of electronic devices.
It is to be mentioned that the committee was able to extract around 71 pounds of gold, 7,700 pounds of silver and 4,850 pounds of bronze.
However, donations for this innovative idea began in Japan back in April 2017, and it has allowed for the Committee to entirely make its medals from recycled materials. Many donations were made in NTT Docomo shops, which is one of the most popular phone networks in Japan.
