Football and Ocean Waste?

Before my next bigger post, I thought a quick update was called for today on what may have been a rather surprising headline to anyone who saw it. In a football-first, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich will wear kits made entirely from recycled plastic ocean waste. This comes as part of a partnership between Adidas and Parley aimed at making various types of sportswear from recycled plastic. In fact, Adidas say they aim to make 1 million pairs of shoes, made entirely from Parley Ocean Plastic, in 2017 alone.

Bayern Munich sported their sleek, ocean-plastics strip today, although they were unfortunately unable win when donning the garbage-fashioned gear, whilst Real Madrid will have to wait until later in November before they play in theirs. However, what's important here is not the result of the match, but the fact that global companies and superstars, in the world's most popular sport, are teaming up with environmental bodies to raise awareness of this crucial issue - certainly a step in the right direction. One of Bayern's stars, Xabi Alonso, couldn't have put it better himself when he said: "With every second breath we take coming from our oceans, it’s really important that we do what we can do safeguard them". He goes onto say how he hopes this is going to be the start of something special - we couldn't agree with you more, Xabi.