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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 09:59 AM Jul 2018

Adidas will only use recycled plastics by 2024

Source: CNN-Money


by Ivana Kottasová @ivanakottasova
July 16, 2018: 8:20 AM ET

Adidas is racing to make its products more sustainable.

The global sportswear maker said Monday that it has committed to using only recycled plastic by 2024.

The pledge to eliminate the use of "virgin" plastic, which was first reported by the Financial Times, includes polyester. Used in everything from t-shirts to sports bras, the material is popular in sportswear because it dries quickly and weighs little.

Adidas (ADDDF) also said it would stop using virgin plastic in its offices, retail outlets, warehouses and distribution centers, a move that would save an estimated 40 tons of plastic per year, starting in 2018.

Adidas is the latest in a series of global companies that have pledged to reduce plastic use.

Read more: https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/16/news/adidas-using-recycled-plastic-only/index.html

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Adidas will only use recycled plastics by 2024 (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2018 OP
Could be titled "Virgin plastics unavailable after 2024" truthisfreedom Jul 2018 #1
Great news! Sophia4 Jul 2018 #2
Does anyone know if there is a program to recycle plastics recovered from the oceans? Aristus Jul 2018 #3

Aristus

(66,300 posts)
3. Does anyone know if there is a program to recycle plastics recovered from the oceans?
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:17 AM
Jul 2018

I sure hope there is one...

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