{"id":94107,"date":"2016-11-17T12:02:11","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T20:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=94107"},"modified":"2016-11-17T13:19:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T21:19:35","slug":"adidas-announces-shoes-made-from-ocean-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/adidas-announces-shoes-made-from-ocean-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Adidas&#8217; New Running Shoes Are Made From Ocean Plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine being able to make shoes from plastic waste that plagues our\u00a0oceans. Well, that has now become a reality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcitizen.org\/en\/content\/adidas-shoes-made-from-ocean-plastic-are-finally-h\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adidas just previewed their\u00a0new running\u00a0shoes<\/a>, which are made with\u00a095% ocean plastic\u00a0in partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parley.tv\/#fortheoceans\" target=\"_blank\">Parley for the Oceans<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; a nonprofit that&#8217;s dedicated to reducing plastic waste in the oceans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BMYXpnNgNKN\/\" target=\"_blank\">From threat to thread. #adidasParley @parley.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A video posted by adidas (@adidas) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-11-04T08:01:24+00:00\">Nov 4, 2016 at 1:01am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Named the\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adidas.com\/us\/parley\" target=\"_blank\">UltraBOOST Uncaged Parley<\/a>,&#8221; Adidas uses\u00a0Parley Ocean Plastic\u2122 collected from the ocean near the Maldives to\u00a0create the lace, heel cap base, heel lining, and sock liner cover.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We are working with Parley to transform ocean plastic pollution into high performance sportswear, spinning the problem into a solution. The threat into a thread.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The shoe giant aims to make 1 million of these shoes in 2017, which will reuse 11 million plastic bottles. Additionally, Adidas hopes to fully eradicate their use of virgin plastic in the near future while utilizing ocean plastic in more of their products.<\/p>\n<p>The shoes will\u00a0soon be available for purchase for $220. To\u00a0receive updates on the shoes, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/ssf.adidas.com\/cep\/dc.action?campaignId=7799&amp;country=US&amp;lid=EN&amp;cm_sp=ADIDASPARLEY-_-MASTHEAD-OCEAN_PLASTIC-_-SIGN_UP_FOR_FUTURE\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Imagine being able to make shoes from plastic waste that plagues our\u00a0oceans. 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