Issue 06/2020
Highlights: Films / Flexibles Bioplastics from waste-streams Basics: Eutrophication
Highlights:
Films / Flexibles
Bioplastics from waste-streams
Basics: Eutrophication
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By 2024, Reebok’s sustainability mission is for shoes to<br />
be “made from things that grow’ rather than petroleumbased<br />
plastics and also to be free of virgin polyester, a nonrenewable<br />
and non-biodegradable resource.” said Mike<br />
Andrews, Advanced Development Director at Reebok, at<br />
thebeet.com<br />
product is recyclable in theory it is not recycled in practice.<br />
This has various reasons often outside the control of the<br />
product producer, so On decided to take out the middleman<br />
and plans to recycle the shoe themselves. Actually, it is a vital<br />
part of the Cyclon project, because it is a shoe you don’t own,<br />
not in the classical sense - it is a shoe subscription. At the end<br />
of their lifetime - which according to On is reached after six to<br />
nine months for active runners - the shoes are to be returned<br />
and the subscriber receives a new pair. On then processes<br />
the returned shoes into new products, promising to recycle<br />
100% of the material. The project is planned to launch next<br />
year. AT/MT<br />
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www.mizuno.com | www.pebaxpowered.com | www.reebok.com<br />
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On running<br />
And last but not least is another shoe that is based<br />
on castor oil, the concept shoe Cyclone by the Swiss<br />
company On running (Zürich). Also based on castor oil,<br />
the Cyclon running shoe is engineered from two types of<br />
high-quality, high-performance polyamides. The upper is<br />
engineered from PA11, a biobased polyamide derived from<br />
castor beans. The bottom unit is engineered from the<br />
abovementioned polyether block amide Pebax.<br />
[1] UNEP. (2018). Putting the brakes on fast fashion. Retrieved from https://<br />
www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/putting-brakes-fastfashion<br />
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