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Inside the Factory Turning Trash Into Olympic Podiums

Credit...By James Hill For The New York Times

To help make the Olympic Games in Paris greener, Le Pavé, a manufacturing start-up, is making podiums and stadium seating out of recycled plastic.

A worker at the company factory of Le Pavé in Aubervilliers, on the outskirts of Paris, using a machine to trim plastic panels to a standard thickness.Credit...By James Hill For The New York Times

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Reporting from the Le Pavé factory on the outskirts of Paris.

  • July 6, 2024

The world’s best athletes will receive their gold medals at the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer while standing on trash.