Winter Olympic Medals Made From Recycled E-Waste

Scientific American:

When Olympic champions are crowned at this year's winter games in Vancouver, these elite athletes will be taking home more than just gold, silver or bronze medals�"they will be playing a role in Canada's efforts to reduce electronic waste. That's because each medal was made with a tiny bit of the more than 140,000 tons of e-waste that otherwise would have been sent to Canadian landfills.

Read the whole story: Scientific American

Comments

[Rojellio]

02:20 AM on 02/14/2010

Brilliant! 1.5% Recycled E-Waste Content 98.5% good old fashioned cyanide leach process.

Where is the E-waste processed? Is this the E-Waste scam where it is shipped to China or India, then burnt in a 55 gallon drum {which pollutes the air} and then cyanide leached with with circa 1900 technology that wouldnt pass muster with the EPA today?? Brilliant.

[LMPE]

06:45 PM on 02/13/2010

This is what they should be doing with all waste. How much more can we throw away?

[larmarch5]

05:27 PM on 02/13/2010

Now that is a story worth telling at the TED conference­. Good on them.

[BowlingForRevenge]

03:54 PM on 02/13/2010

I buy 100% recycled .925 sterling silver to make jewelry with.
The price is no different. In time I'm sure it will be recycled too.

[Palaver]

02:15 PM on 02/13/2010

'One man's trash is another athlete's Olympic medal.' ;)

[SurrealPumpkin]

06:29 PM on 02/12/2010

Cool!

[LazarusLong]

12:03 PM on 02/13/2010

ditto