A DAILY MAIL article has made a good connection between sport and the environment...
NIKE make the shirts which are apparently made from recycled plastic bottles.
Nike's fabric suppliers sourced discarded plastic bottles from Japanese and Taiwanese landfill sites and then melted them down to produce new yarn that was ultimately converted to fabric for the jerseys.
This process saves raw materials and reduces energy consumption by up to 30 per cent compared to manufacturing virgin polyester.
Brazil, The Netherlands, Portugal, USA, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Serbia and Slovenia are the teams involved.
Just over 100 days to go...
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