The hundreds of fabric panels that adorn the outside of London’s Olympic Stadium will be recycled, some going to a project for former child soldiers in Uganda, others to a welfare initiative in Rio de Janeiro, host of the next summer Games in 2016.
The stadium was designed to be partly dismantled to reduce its capacity from 80,000 seats to as few as 25,000 depending on its final use.
Games sponsor Dow Chemical, which provided the cladding, told Reuters the majority of the 306 fabric sheets that gave a finishing touch to the main venue of the London Games will be re-used for youth projects in Britain or ground down and recycled into new construction materials by Manchester-based company Axion Recycling.
But about 20 panels will be donated to Article 25, a UK charity specializing in providing shelter, to build shaded community areas; one at a training and education project in Rio de Janeiro, host city for the 2016 summer Games; and one at a project in Patongo, Uganda, that provides vocational training for former child soldiers.
Source: Reuters