At the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 prepare medals by recycling smartphones


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At the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games to be held in 2020, about 5000 gold, silver and bronze medals will be produced. A project to collect metals such as gold, silver and copper as raw materials from small home appliances such as smart phones which are no longer used "Making from urban mines! Everyone's medal project"is. It is a project to support big events every four years with the hands of people living in Japan, and it is a dream that a smartphone donated by myself may be used as a medal that the yearned athlete lowers from the neck There is a project.

Tokyo 2020 Games Medals | Tokyo Olympics - Paralympic Games Organizing Committee
https://tokyo2020.jp/jp/games/medals/


Tokyo Olympic chiefs call on public to recycle smartphones to make medals | The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/national/tokyo-olympic-medals-made-recycled-cellphones/

Tokyo Olympics deserve a medal for what it's doing with old smartphones
http://mashable.com/2017/02/01/tokyo-2020-olympics-medal-smartphone/

The Organizing Committee of the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games in 2020 cooperated with NTT Docomo and the Japan Environment Sanitation Center, Japan's largest telecommunications industry, on February 1, 2017, and sleeps at home. Small household appliances such as unused smart phones We are revealing that we will begin collecting raw materials of medals such as gold, silver and copper used in April 2017.

About 20,000 gold, silver and copper medals will be produced in total for the Olympics and Paralympics at the 2020 tournament, and the target collection volume is set to 8 tons in total in order to cover this. Mobile phone, personal computer, digital camera, etc. are planned for small household appliances to be collected specifically, but items that can be collected vary depending on the collection location. The collection location is scheduled to become collection boxes installed at NTT Docomo stores and municipalities nationwide that have expressed cooperation in the project.

According to the Organizing Committee, it is finally reaching 8 tons of target after millions of smartphones are collected. The amount required to manufacture medals for each metal is about 2 tons, including 10 kg of gold, 1230 kg of silver and 736 kg of copper. However, considering the material loss etc., 8 tons of the target collection amount will be enough.

Comment from Olympic medalist Ashton Eaton, land and decathlon athlete, Daisuke Ikazaki of Wilchair Rugby, one of the Paralympic games, Kahei Uchimura of gymnastics and Shoji Matsuda of swimming, from the players Has been received.

Comment from athlete | Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee
https://tokyo2020.jp/jp/games/medals/comment/


Uchimura Kohei, who won three gold medals at the Olympic gym, said, "I am currently using smartphones and PCs conveniently, but I think that it is a waste if it can not be used every time it gains progress and gymnastics skills are also It is connected to now with the efforts of old-fashioned athletes.This effort will be able to incorporate the value and thought that I have used to medals and I think that it will be a project to convey important messages to the future. " And I gave a comment.

Although some recycled metal has been used as part of the Olympic medal raw materials so far, the Organizing Committee says that this medal is made of 100% recycled metal, this is because the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games That was the first time.

The official Twitter account of the Tokyo Olympic Games also tweets about the project.


In addition, at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, the "Mint Bureau" which produces Japanese money such as 100 yen coin and 500 yen coin produced medals. In that case, it is announced that the gold medal is 12,500 yen, the silver medal is 7500 yen, the bronze medal is 6000 yen at the price of 1964.

I saw the moment when the world's best money "New 500 yen coin" is manufactured at "Mint" that manufactures Japanese money such as 100 yen coin and 500 yen coin - GIGAZINE

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