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    Old phones to be 'mined' for 2020 Olympics medals
The Japanese organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games say they want to collect discarded electronic phones and use the metals to make gold, silver and bronze medals. Our Asia Pacific editor Celia Hatton explains.
(Photo: Old mobile phones. Credit: Getty Images)
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