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Paris 2024: What will happen to all the balls, nets, referee chairs… once the Games are over?
Paris 2024: What will happen to all the balls, nets, referee chairs… once the Games are over?
(franceinfo)
The organizing committee has been preparing for several years the reuse of millions of objects needed for the competitions. Several sales will be organized throughout France to obtain certain key items from these Olympics.
The Games are not over yet and some spectators are already starting to tear down signs with the Paris 2024 logo. A free souvenir. The gesture is not very civic-minded, but it amuses Caroline Louis, circular economy manager within the Games organizing committee. “Thanks to their contribution, we should be able to waste even less. We also expect others to cut up pieces of carpet or canvas.”, smiles the one who must reduce as much as possible the quantity of waste after the Olympic and Paralympic competitions. “90% of the equipment is rented. The rest, such as volleyball nets or referee chairs, will be donated to sports clubs.”Caroline Louis told franceinfo. Antoine Dupont’s rugby ball and the lines of water between which Léon Marchand swam will therefore find themselves in new… lucky hands.
In total, Paris 2024 uses 6 million products and equipment to carry out its activities.“Our reuse strategy will also be reflected in major sales at the end of the Games, from September 15 until mid-October, throughout France. You will be able to find iconic items at knockdown prices, such as the volunteers’ bobsled, the towel provided to athletes during the events, and the flags raised during the ceremonies.” These sales are intended to be popular and festive in the logic of “opening the Games” touted by Paris 2024. The locations have not yet been specified, but we could imagine surplus stands at the big sale in Lille or Croix-Rousse in Lyon which would coincide with the end of the Paralympic Games.