Olympic Medals Made out of Recycled Electronics

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Siobhan O'Connor
Author of No More Dirty Looks.

February 4, 2010 • 10:00 am PST
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Apparently this isn't breaking news, but was to me, and is very cool: A Canadian company has found a way to source gold, silver, and bronze out of motherboards and other electronics at the end of their lives, and turn them into Olympic medals. Pretty cool, and a nice way to draw attention to e-waste, irresponsible metals-sourcing, and recycling, while also doing something kind of creative. No two medals are alike.

You can watch a video about the medals here on Motherboard, by the VBS guys.

Via Notcot.

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Tags: environment,; olympics,; recycling,; vancouver 2010,; e-waste

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