Top 10 green Olympic facts

Jessica Shankleman
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As London prepares to fire the starting gun on the 2012 Olympic Games, BusinessGreen runs down the event's top sustainable achievements

The world's first recyclable stadium The 80,000 seat stadium was constructed with less than half the steel used in comparably sized stadia, making it the lightest Olympic Stadium to date. It includes...

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