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The official World Cup jerseys for the Nigerian national team, Super Eagles, were made out of recycled plastic bottles – at least 16 bottles per kit.

The jerseys made by American sportswear company, Nike, was first produced for football teams that participated at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

In a report by Recycle Nation website, the football jerseys made from these plastic bottles, have the looks, feels great and impacts the environment even better than before.

Further research showed that this innovative technology had Nike engineering a way to take 13 water bottles (on average) and producing a high-performance recycled soccer jersey.

In 2015, Nike revealed that its kit for the 2015 U.S. Women’s National Team was made using an average of 18 recycled bottles.

Each piece of the kit — the jersey, shorts, and socks — is constructed with recycled polyester, which is made from recycled plastic bottles that are melted down to produce fine yarn used to create the fabric. […] Since 2010, Nike has

Diverted more than two billion plastic bottles from landfills into recycled polyester — enough to cover about 3,500 football pitches. By using recycled polyester Nike is also reducing the energy consumed in the manufacturing process by up to 30 percent compared to virgin polyester,” Nike revealed to Huffington Post.

How plastic bottles are converted into soccer kits

Explaining the process, Recycled Nation website explains that Nike runs a recycling facility, where these jerseys are made.

The process begins with recycled plastic running down a conveyor belt in a recycling facility

 

Slowly, the plastic is broken down into threads and pounded into spools, after which the thread is turned into cloth and dyed to fit its future purpose.

Then, the cloth is cut with a special die-cut machine producing the front and back of the jersey.

A Nike specialist reviews the job by placing the trademarked swoosh in just the right spot.

The Nike logo is then pressed into the jersey in a manner similar to applying a temporary tattoo.

After sewing the final pieces together, a beautiful jersey is made from plastic bottles.

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REFERENCE: www.pulse.ng