Campaign under way to make Olympic medals from recycled metal

Campaign under way to make Olympic medals from recycled metal

Hironao Ito (L), and two other members of the environment club of Tokyo's Waseda University pose for photos with a prototype Olympic gold medal made from metal recycled from electronic devices in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2016. The group is working together with the Ecomaterials Forum, an association comprising researchers and companies, to collect signatures to realize a project in which medals to be awarded to athletes at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will be made from recycled materials. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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    Campaign under way to make Olympic medals from recycled metal

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    A prototype gold medal for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, which was made from metal recycled from electronic devices, is seen in a photo taken in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2016. The Ecomaterials Forum, an association based in the city comprising researchers and companies, and a group from Tokyo's Waseda University are collecting signatures to realize a project in which medals at the 2020 Tokyo Games will be made from recycled materials. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo