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    Olympic banners to be recycled as binding agents for flooring

    Posted on March 18, 2010 by ayush

    In an innovative move by 3M, graphic provider for the Vancouver Olympics 2010, the banners used for the Olympics will be recycled to form binding agents used for making long-lasting limestone flooring for educational and health-care buildings. Not only banners … Continue reading3 →

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    Bottles to be recycled to build a sports court in Vancouver

    Posted on February 2, 2010 by shvveta

    With the Copenhagen summit on and everyone talking about global warming and figuring ways to tackle the environmental hazards at the Vancouver Winter Games, new ways and schemes have been thought of to spread awareness. They believe that the beverage … Continue reading3 →

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    Scotland Yard is recycling guns and knives to be used at 2012 Olympic site

    Posted on January 6, 2010 by gavril

    Disposing weapons may be a tedious and a serious problem. However, the famed Scotland Yard has found a novel way of disposing of their unwanted weaponry; by recycling the guns and knives. 52 tonnes of scrap metal was obtained from … Continue reading3 →

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    Solar Digital Cloud Displaying Images and Data May Loom Large on London Skies!

    Posted on November 12, 2009 by madhuri

    Artists, designers, engineers and architects have put together a technological artistic wonder which could be a major tourist attraction in the Olympic Park. The Cloud, a digital wonder will consist of huge plastic bubbles on top of 400 ft towers … Continue reading3 →

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    Vancouver comes up with recycled medals for 2010 Olympic Games

    Posted on October 30, 2009 by Shruti Shree

    With changing times every individual is now being more careful about the environmental issues today. Olympics is the new target of the environmentalists this time. The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic Games has come up with designs for … Continue reading3 →

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    Tokyo to build a solar powered stadium for the 2016 Olympics

    Posted on September 30, 2009 by deepa

    Solar powered dragon-shaped World Games Stadium in Taiwan has been in green limelight for some time now. However it’s time to shift attention to the Tokyo Olympic stadium that claims to be first the completely solar powered stadium when it … Continue reading3 →

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    Tokyo prepares for a green Olympics 2016

    Posted on February 18, 2009 by shilpa

    Everyone’s suddenly becoming really serious about the environment and global warming, it seems – which is a good thing. Tokyo, one of the contenders along with Chicago, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro, is a top choice to host the 2016 … Continue reading3 →

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