Community | October 16, 2009 | 1 comment

Vancouver 2010 medals unveiled... made out of e-waste

source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10376916-1.html

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The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic organisers have just unveiled the medals that will be handed out duing the Olympic and Paralympic games.

The twist is... it is made out of metals recovered from e-waste (as in broken TV's, computers and circuit boards) and they are not flat at all as they are ridged. Over 1,000 medals are made and they were produced by metal giant 'Teck Resources' along with the Royal Canadian Mint.

Let's hope London can match that or better for 2012...
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1 comment // Vancouver 2010 medals unveiled... made out of e-waste

  • formichinoo
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      formichinoo  

    • London can match that in 2012? Highly unlikely as Gordon Brown would have flogged all Britains gold reserves before he gets booted out of office!

    • 2 years ago
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