The 2024 Paris Olympics will officially begin on July 26. In order to reduce the carbon footprint of this world's largest sporting event, nearly 11,000 seats in the spectator stands of two competition venues, including those for water sports, will all be made of plastic recycled from trash cans, thereby promoting and practicing the concept of sustainable environmental protection.
To reduce the carbon footprint of the Paris Olympics, a French startup founded in 2018 partnered with environmentally friendly construction and recycling companies to transform 100 tons of recycled waste plastic into 11,000 spectator seats, hoping to make the 2024 Paris Olympics a green Olympics.
Benjamin Saint-Mard, commercial director of the French startup, explained, "We have over 50 recycling partners who come to collect plastics, collect the recyclables packed in yellow recycling bins, and then sort them into different types of plastic. We take these various forms of plastic, especially those that would otherwise be incinerated or landfilled, and use them as raw materials for our production."
These recycled plastics will be cleaned, crushed into particles and then sorted. They can then be made into high-density and hard panels using heat compression technology, and then used to make various types of furniture, including spectator seats for the Paris Olympics.
These 11,000 spectator seats made of recycled plastic are installed in the Adidas Arena, where badminton and rhythmic gymnastics events will be held, and in the Paris Olympic Aquatics Center, where diving, water ballet, water polo and other events will be held.
Benjamin said, "Our company is proud of the success of this project and proud to have grown from a startup to a true enterprise in the field of sustainable materials."
The Paris Olympic Aquatics Center is located in Seine-Saint-Denis, northeast of Paris. 80% of the plastic used to make the recycled spectator seats came from the local area, and local students were mobilized to participate, hoping to cultivate the concept of reducing carbon emissions and loving the earth in the next generation.
The Paris Olympics will be held from July 26 to August 11. Organizers also encourage the public to take public transportation more often during the Olympics, hoping that the carbon emissions of this Olympics will be reduced by half compared to previous ones.
Source: PTS News Network
