03-09-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com

The eco guide to ocean waste

Plastic pollution in our seas is depressing – but there are imaginative moves afoot to address the problemI’ve been sceptical about the power of running shoes to affect global change. So naturally I had it in for UltraBoost Uncaged Parley, Adidas trainers that claim to make peace with the ocean. The shoe’s upper is created from plastic waste retrieved from a clean-up operation in the Maldives, and recycled polyester. But Adidas has committed to producing a million pairs of thes
Read more »