Europe 1 with AFP 07:17, December 08, 2021
The Rugby World Cup-2023 scheduled in France from September 8 to October 28 intends to apply "responsible waste management" by recycling phones and other electronic products collected in clubs to make gold and silver medals. and bronze.
The gold, silver and bronze medals handed out at the 2023 World Cup in France will be "recycled from phones and other electronics collected from rugby clubs," organizers said on Tuesday.
The Mondial-2023, scheduled in France from September 8 to October 28, intends to "reduce the impact on the environment" by applying "responsible waste management", assured Claude Atcher, general manager of the organizing committee.
"A Rugby World Cup with a positive impact"
With this in mind, the medals given to the three best teams in the competition will be recycled "from phones and other electronic products", collected in clubs, leagues and rugby committees in France.
"After careful sorting, the recyclable devices will be sent to a specialized center for the extraction of precious metals which will then be melted," adds the organizing committee.
The reigning world champion, finalist and third will therefore receive recycled medals.
The World-2023, which begins with a gala poster between the All Blacks and the XV of France, intends to be "a Rugby World Cup with a positive impact".