Tokyo 2020: Gold, Silver and Bronze medals from e-waste?

The 'Summer Olympic Games' is an international multi-sport event conducted in every leap year by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The 2020 Summer Olympics or Games or the XXXII Olympiad, are scheduled to be held between 24th July and 9th August 2020 in Tokyo.

On 7th Sep'13, Tokyo won the IOC members' voting round in Buenos Aires to host the 2020 Olympics.

In mid-2015, Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee unveiled the Olympics logo featuring four geometric shapes; a black rectangle, one red circle (Japan's rising sun), silver and gold triangles.

The shapes formed letters 'T' (for Tokyo), 'L', and 'r'; the symbolism was confusing.

In Apr'16, a new logo was unveiled amid plagiarism accusations as the first logo looked similar to Studio Debie's Théâtre de Liège emblem.

On 3rd Aug'16, the International Olympic Committee approved five games to be added to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

While baseball was reintroduced, karate, climbing, skateboarding and surfing are the other sports that have been added by the IOC to the list of 39 existing games in Tokyo.

However, netball, snooker, and squash have not been given a place on the list.

At Rio Olympics' vibrant closing ceremony, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dressed as Super Mario and invited everyone to Tokyo.

Tokyo 2020 organizers said they were aiming to launch tech projects to wow the crowds and boost the economy.

Japan wants to showcase high-tech robot guides, artificial meteorite showers, driverless taxis and multilingual translation smart-phone apps at the 2020 Olympics.

After the spectacular Tokyo 2020 teaser, Japan wants to use the Olympics for making a sustainability statement.

Japanese organizers are planning to use recycled consumer electronics to make the gold, silver, and bronze Olympic medals.

The organizers said enough copper, silver, and gold could be sourced from the country's "urban mine."

Electronics companies are being asked to pitch ideas for e-waste collection programs.