Electronic waste recycling / Urban mining

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Process of extracting precious metals (gold, silver, copper, zinc) from discarded mobile phones and small electronic devices.

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International Olympic Committee (IOC)

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NTT Anode Energy Corporation

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Everyone's Medal

A campaign launched by the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee to collect electronic devices from Japanese citizens for extraction of precious metals to manufacture Olympic medals.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

The Olympic Games where Toyota's fuel cell technology, including buses and vehicles, will be used for sustainable transportation.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Medals

Olympic medals manufactured from recycled precious metals extracted from donated mobile phones and electronic devices. Gold medals contain more than 6 grams of gold plating on pure silver; silver medals are pure silver; bronze medals are a red brass alloy of 95% copper and 5% zinc. Each medal measures 85mm in diameter with thickness ranging from 7.7mm to 12.1mm.

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Junichi Kawanishi

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals made from recyclable electronic devices unveiled for first time

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