VIDEO: Producing 2020 Olympic Medals from Recycled Materials

Published August 4th, 2019 - 03:16 GMT
Tokyo 2020 Olympics medals
Tokyo 2020 Olympics medals

Japan is the first country to produce all the required medals for the upcoming 2020 Olympics using recycled materials.

A total of 78,985 tons of discarded devices were collected in a nation-wide campaign to gain the 30.3kg of gold, 4,100kg of silver and 2,700kg of bronze needed for the event’s all 5000 medals.
 


Video: Mashable

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