Nike’s environment friendly soccer jerseys recycled out of pet bottles

Uniforms made out of recycled materials seem to be the ‘in’ thing for environment minded sports persons nowadays. Nike’s team official team uniforms for the upcoming 2010 World Cup to be held in South Africa are made out of recycled polyester. Each of these is made out of at least eight plastic bottles. These were obtained from landfill sites in Japan and Taiwan. They were then melted down to produce yarn to make the jerseys. According to Nike estimates, this will help reduce energy consumption by around 30 percent. The kits are designed to keep players dry, cool and comfortable while playing and use ventilation zones on each side of the jersey. These ventilation zones are created by laser cutting 200 tiny holes into the fabric of the jersey.

Teams like Brazil, the Netherlands, Portugal, USA, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Serbia and Slovenia will use these awesome environment friendly jerseys by Nike.



[Designboom]