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E-waste Olympic Medals at 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
According to a report in Discovery News, the metal supplier, Teck Resources, recycled household appliances, electronics and cables and recovered metals from computer parts and circuit boards through smelting.
The 2010 Olympic medals are the largest and heaviest medals to date with e-waste material making up the following percentages in each one: Gold Medal - 1.52 percent recovered gold, Silver Medal 0.122 percent recovered silver, and, Bronze Medal - 1.11 percent copper.
The medals are also the first non-flat medals. They are wavy to represent the waves of the ocean and mountain snow drifts.
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