At the Tokyo Olympic Games, the rush for Gold will come from… recycling smartphones
28.4 kg of gold, 3.5 tonnes of silver, and 2.7 tonnes of bronze: that’s what Japanese authorities had collected in October 2018 from over 5 million old mobile phones. The aim? To make the medals for the Tokyo Olympic Games out of these precious metals that are found in small quantities in all of our electronic devices.
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