Tokyo Olympic Athletes' village beds are made of cardboard. September 24, 15:52
Next year's Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic athlete villages, the beds used by athletes will be made of cardboard with consideration for reuse and weight reduction.
The tournament organizing committee announced the bed to be used in the athlete village along with the tournament sponsor bedding maker Airweave.
The feature is that the bed is made of cardboard for the first time in the history of the tournament, and it is lighter than a general bed, so it is easy to change the position of the bed by itself in the player village of a double room.
The sleeper can withstand a weight of up to 200 kg, and the sleeping comfort is a structure that can adjust the hardness according to the shape of the athlete used by the polyethylene mattress, so that you can sleep comfortably is.
About 18,000 beds will be prepared in the Olympic Village for the Olympics and about 8000 for the Paralympic Games. After the competition, the cardboard will be recovered as used paper and reused for paper products, and mattresses will be reused for plastic products.
Takashi Kitajima, general manager of the Organizing Committee, said, “I was very well received by the officials of each country and region's team, and there was no concern about the cardboard. Sustainable concept I want to offer a comfortable sleep to the players while realizing the sex. "