Adidas joins the fight against plastic pollution – Industries – Financenet

Adidas' commitment to abandon the use of untreated and non-reused plastics also includes polyester, widely used in the manufacture of sportswear.

The company also announces that unprocessed plastics will no longer be used in offices, stores and logistics centers. This step allows the company to reduce plastic consumption by about 40 tons per year starting this year.

Adidas has already informed that the recycled polyester used in the production of spring and summer will count 41% of recycled polyester

. The company predicts that sales of the "Adidas" shoe "Parley" could increase significantly this year.

Shoe manufacturing "Parley" uses recycled plastic waste to prevent their entry into the world's oceans.

In 2017, the company sold around one million pairs of Parley shoes.

Global consumption of plastics has increased 20 times over the last 50 years

It is expected that it will double over the next 20 years.

Only 14% of plastics used in the world are recycled for recycling.

For comparison, recycled 58% of the paper used in the world and nearly 90% of steel and iron.