The organizers of Tokyo 2020 will scavange inside their "urban mines" the necessary material to make the medals of the next Olympics.

Japan has millions of disposable Smartphones and tiny electronic devices, which have the sufficient amount of precious metals for melting and make the medals for the winners in this huge sports competition.

The production of this "recycled" medals will not be only for the Olympic games, but also for the Paralympic Games.

The country usually asks the local mining to donate the necessary quantity of metal for the medals. For example, in London 2012 they used 9.6 kilos of gold, 1,566 kilos of silver, and 700 kilos of Bronze.

But Japan is a different case. This country has a reserve of electronic disposables with precious metals that sum up 143 kilos of gold, 1,566 kilos of Silver and 1.112 tons of bronze. Japan may be poor in natural resources, but thank to this "peculiar" mine, its richness in precious metals represents the 16 % and 22% of the global reserve.

To make this idea even more real, the organizers want to implement a recycling system for these kind of devices in homes and schools, and in that way get everything ready during these next 4 years.

Via Asian Review

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Translated by: cristina.mora@sandiegored.com