Plastic podiums, recycled medals, cardboard beds and fuel-cell buses make for a ‘beyond carbon neutral event’
Seiko Hashimoto , President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, bows with Stanislav Vecera, CEO and President of Procter & Gamble Japan, next to a podium during an unveiling event of the items that will be used for the victory ceremonies of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo1. Picture: ISSEI KATO/REUTERS
The Tokyo organising committee has hung its hat on providing a “beyond carbon neutrality” event, a goal it will meet with the help of donated carbon offset credits from businesses in Tokyo and Saitama prefectures, the two Games locations, along with the lack of spectators. The athlete’s village, where competitors sleep on cardboard beds, will be turned into an apartment complex after the Games and continue to be partially powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Among the 43 venues for Olympics and Paralympics Games, 25 existed before the Games and 10 are temporary venues. It will, however, rely on a carbon offset programme to reach negative carbon output.
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