Tokyo Olympic athletes beware -- particularly larger ones. The bed frames in the Athletes Village at this year's Olympics will be made of cardboard. Sturdy cardboard.
Two sets of bedroom furniture, including cardboard beds, for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Villages are shown in a display room Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Tokyo. The bed frames in the Athletes Village at this year's Olympics will be made of cardboard. Sturdy cardboard.
He also took into account the possibility of a wild room celebration after, say, a gold-medal victory.The single bed frames will be recycled into paper products after the games. The mattress components -- the mattresses are not made of cardboard -- will be recycled into plastic products.The idea was to use materials that could be remade after the Olympics and Paralympics. But the cardboard frames and supports should give the rooms a spartan look.
"The organizing committee was thinking about recyclable items, and the bed was one of the ideas," Kitajima explained, crediting local Olympic sponsor Airweave Inc. for the execution. The Athletes Village being built alongside Tokyo Bay will comprise 18,000 beds for the Olympics and be composed to 21 apartment towers. Even more building construction is being planned in the next several years.
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