Potomac eCycle

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games is shaping up to be one of the greenest ever with renewable energy sources and recyclable materials featuring heavily across the organising committee’s sustainability plans. This includes using recycled electronics to manufacture all of the medals to be awarded. With a sustainability concept of “Be better, together – For the planet and the people”, Tokyo 2020 is committed to making sure the legacy of the Tokyo 2020 Games will be passed on to future Games and various activities and initiatives throughout Japan and the world. Games medals to be 100 percent sustainable Tokyo 2020 Olympic champions will be awarded the first sustainable medals ever produced in Olympic history! The metals content will be 100 percent from recycled electronics . The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has reached its target of collecting precious metal to manufacture Games medals — thanks to generous support from people and communi...

Do you have unused electrical or electronic devices at home? Do not throw them in the household waste, Potomac eCycle specializes in electronics recycling and will process them to make sure that every usable part and component is saved from the landfill to help to conserve natural resources. We also make sure that all personal information is destroyed beyond recovery. Electronic equipment often contains elements of various potentially toxic materials, including heavy metals such as gold, silver, lead, mercury, cadmium, barium, and chromium. It is clearly beneficial to prevent these potentially hazardous materials from being put into landfills, where they can cause damage to the soil structure, the atmosphere, and the water table. If some of the component parts can be sold or reused in the manufacture of new products, that is an even better solution than just recovering the materials.Potomac eCycle will recycle them to make sure that every usable part and component is saved from the lan...