The Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games have added another color to its coveted gold, silver and bronze medal lineup – green! For the first time in Olympic history, the 2010 athlete medals contain metals from end-of-life electronic waste, commonly referred to as e-waste.
Teck Resources, Ltd., a diversified mining company based in Vancouver, is the exclusive supplier of the metals used in the Olympic medals. Components from circuit boards originally destined to landfills, have been added to all of the athletes’ medals. In fact, 6.8 metric tonnes of circuit board from end-of-life electronics were diverted from landfills for the making of the 1,014 medals. The company is also an Official Supporter of the Games.
Read the complete article here:
http://www.globe-net.com/articles/2010/february/12/green-is-the-new-gold-for-2010.aspx?ref=rss
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