Interior Design Blog

Yes, you heard it right! London is ramping up their construction plans for the 2012 Olympics. And they are building a sustainable Olympic Stadium out of recycled guns and knives, the confiscated weapons from the Metropolitan Police Department. That's surely an anti-weapons and recycling program all rolled into one!

Designed by Populous, formerly HOK Sport, the eco-stadium will utilize a minimum number of materials and resources in order to have a lower environmental impact, and the recycled scrap metal is just one of those eco-elements.

The London Metropolitan Police have collected more than 52 tons of scrap metal from old keys, knives and guns in 2009. And they are contributing on being environmental friendly by giving some of it as part of the construction of the Olympic site to reduce to the carbon footprint of the 2012 development.

Interestingly, they have also collected 3.3 million spent bullets, weighing about 28 tons and recycled them into photo frames and jewelry. On top of that, they also recycled old uniforms, including body armor, to be used in car production, as well as cooking oil and horse manure.