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IOC partners with Procter and Gamble to build 2020 Olympic podiums using recycled plastic

Stanislav Vecera (third from left), president of P&G Japan K.K., and Yoshiro Mori (fourth from left), president of the Tokyo Organising Committee, pose with others following a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday. | RYUSEI TAKAHASHI

By Ryusei Takahashi
Staff Writer

Jun 13, 2019

Olympic medalists will stand on podiums made of recycled plastic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the International Olympic Committee said Thursday.

The IOC said it will work with a Japanese arm of the Procter and Gamble group to collect and reuse plastic to build the podiums.

P&G Japan K.K. is the world's biggest producer of daily consumer goods and a sponsor of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

IOC partners with Procter and Gamble to build 2020 Olympic podiums using recycled plastic

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