Olympic medalists traditionally cradle bouquets they hold gold, silver or bronze from a stepped platform. But not this year in Brazil.
Instead, the best gymnasts in the world, runners, table and trampoline are pongers clutching small sculptures 3D logo of the Rio Olympics.
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passing ephemeral flowers long trinkets is a small part of most great mission of the Olympic organizing Committee to limit the environmental damage of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2016, a Rio spokesman said 2016 Mashable .
Hope you liked these flowers, the Olympians. From left to right:. Anke Karstens Germany, Austria and Julia Dujmovits Amelie Kober of Germany to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
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Thanks to its sustainable development program - called "Abraca" (Portuguese for "Kiss") - the committee has promised to limit the huge amounts of water, energy, food and commodities which are engulfed in the 45 -day show.
The organizing committee said that "not only took the challenge, but fully embrace the cause."
The organizers estimated the Olympic venues will use about 29,500 megawatts of electricity, more than twice the capacity of the massive hydroelectric dam Itaipu in Brazil. Olympic-guzzling vehicles around 23.5 million liters of fuel related, enough to fill the tanks of about 500,000 Honda Civic.
Rio 2016 planners have promised to use renewable energy such as wind and hydro, biofuels and equipment to provide some of the energy requirements of energy saving games.
Itaipu hydroelectric plant in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
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The panel also Projected the Olympics will mean about 19,000 tonnes of food waste, garbage and solid waste - equal to five times the amount of waste solid than 6.3 million inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro produce in a year, according to estimates of. United Nations Development Programme
As part of its plan to reduce waste, the organizers made changes to the medal ceremonies
The Rio Olympic team said it has made nearly 2,500 total medallions -. 812 gold, 812 silver and 864 bronze - using sustainable methods and materials.
Left to right: bronze medalist Aliya Mustafina, Simone Biles US, Alexandra Raisman US after individual women All-Around final at the Rio Olympics on 11 August 2016.
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US legend Michael Phelps swimming for example, so far won four medals for first place made from gold mined without the use of toxic mercury. Silver and bronze were made with recycled materials 30 percent. The colored ribbons that hold the medals around athletes necks are partly made of recycled plastic bottles.
So it is normal flowers that are thrown without ceremony after each event, would be cut ceremonies, the Rio 2016 spokesman said in an email.
"in the interest of sustainability and innovation, it was decided that the flowers would not be awarded to winners of medals in these Olympic Games," the spokesman explained.
"attributed the flowers are usually thrown away or, even if kept, would struggle to survive in the tropical Brazilian climate. "
spokesman added that some flowers are always displayed on the stage to keep the tradition of the Olympic Games.
But small changes, such as the scrapping of the flowers, and even larger corrections as composting organic waste, will not be enough to resolve the wider environmental problems surrounding the Olympics and its host city.
A polluted river in Rio de Janeiro, August 5, 2016.
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Rio officials face much criticism for failing to clean the sewage filled the city, especially in the Guanabara Bay, the place of the sail to the 2016 Olympics Associated Press found his 16 month long investigation that the Rio waterways are still contaminated with raw human sewage and teeming with dangerous viruses and superbugs.
on Guardian reported a golf course built for the Olympics Marapendi encroach on the reserve, home to rare butterflies, pine and other species unique to the region.
And two Olympic pools this week became electric green after warm weather and a lack of wind caused an outbreak of algae.
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