Cleaning up the oceans...one trainer at a time

It has been revealed today that Adidas has teamed up with Parley for the Oceans (an organisation dedicated to reducing plastic waste in the oceans) to make a 3D printed trainer made out of recycled ocean plastic.

The shoe has an upper made of ocean plastic and a midsole produced from recycled polyster and gillnets (a type of fishing net). At the moment, the trainer is just a prototype but according to Adidas the goal is to "rethink design and help stop ocean plastic pollution".

Adidas'  recycled ocean plastic trainer (Image source: https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/adidas-3d-printed-trainers.jpg?w=620&h=414&crop=1)

No word yet as to when the shoe will be available in the shops but good on Adidas for raising awareness of this important issue.