Adidas Recycled Plastic 3D Print Concept Sneakers Open in November

China Color Masterbatch Network News: Last year, the German sports brand Adidas released a 3D printing concept sneaker made from marine recycling waste, and now these concept sports shoes are already on sale. The first batch of 7000 pairs will be first sold in mid-November, with a price of 200 euros (about 1,500 yuan) per pair.

Plastic Recycling 3D Print Sneakers

Plastic Recycling 3D Print Sneakers

This pair of shoes was designed and launched by Adidas in collaboration with Parleyforthe Oceans. This is an environmental public interest organization focusing on marine pollution. The upper part of each pair of shoes uses 5% of recycled polyester, 95% of recycled plastic, and all rubbish. It comes from the ocean around Maldives. Each pair of shoes is made of approximately 11 plastic bottles. The soles, linings and shoelaces are also made from recycled materials and are quite environmentally friendly.

Although this pair of shoes is manufactured using a 3D printing process, it seems that it already has the capacity for mass production. As for how recycling garbage is converted into 3D printing materials, Adidas did not specifically describe it, but simply stated that “new technologies” use “marine plastic pieces” completely.

This pair of shoes is called UltraBOOSTUncagedParley, which means it is a pair of running shoes with more environmental protection elements but belongs to the UltraBOOST series.

Although only 7,000 pairs were listed in the first batch, Adidas stated that it plans to produce more "garbage-recycling shoes" in the future. “We expect to produce over 1 million pairs of sports shoes made from marine plastic waste in 2017, and the ultimate goal is to integrate the marine waste recycling system into our supply chain,” said Adidas executive Eric Liedtke. In addition to regular sports shoes, Adidas also plans to provide soccer shoes made from recycled marine waste to the world-renowned football clubs Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.

Cyrill Gutsch, the founder of ParleyfortheOceans, said: “No one can save the ocean by his own efforts. Therefore, each of us must make its own contribution. Through this approach, it is integrated into the creative industry and becomes a raw material for industrial production. , and integrating into a mature business model, and then increasing consumer demand, is an effective way to protect the ocean."

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