Adidas to turn illegal Ocean garbage into legal tender.

[combustiblefuel]

http://www.cnet.com/news/from-trash-...ocean-garbage/

To call ocean pollution a big problem is an understatement. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in 2006, there were 46,000 pieces of floating plastic for every square mile of ocean. Plastic debris is responsible for the deaths of over a million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals every year. And that's just what we know about -- the impact of plastic debris on marine life is mostly unknown.

To help raise awareness for these issues, German sportswear brand Adidas has joined forces with Parley for the Oceans, an organisation formed in 2013 dedicated to undertaking projects to protect and conserve the Earth's oceans.

At a Parley for the Oceans event hosted by the United Nations last week, Adidas' Eric Liedtke and Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch revealed a new collaborative project: a prototype shoe with an upper made entirely from recycled ocean waste and illegal deep-sea gillnets.

The concept shoe, which does not have a name, may not hit the shelves in its current form, but something very much like it is planned. It's an illustrative concept for a line of consumer-ready products made from ocean plastics that Adidas and Parley for the Oceans will be releasing later this year.

[Looch City]

Yours for only $249.99?

[OldDutch]

and when it's done you can chuck it back in the Ocean. Recycling!

[killer_carlson]

I'd certainly go try one on. If it was comfortable i'd be interested in buying it.

[Jacks]

[troutman]

19 Year Old Develops Machine To Clean The Oceans Of Plastic

http://www.iflscience.com/environmen...oceans-plastic

An organization called The Ocean Cleanup, founded by 19-year-old Boyan Slat, believe that they may have a viable solution to cleanup ocean trash. Following a year-long study involving extensive scientific research, the organization has recently released a feasibility report which concludes that their novel method to remove plastic from the oceans is both technically and financially viable. Furthermore, if employed, computer models predict that within ten years they could reduce the plastic within the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which has been previously deemed impossible to cleanup, by almost 50%.

How does it work? Their method exploits natural ocean currents and winds which passively transport garbage towards a collection platform. Solid floating barriers are then used to catch and concentrate the trash from the ocean, negating the risk of wildlife entanglement and vertebrate bycatch which are problems with other techniques such as nets.

Cleanup projects unfortunately don’t come cheap, and the team estimate that this will cost €31.7 million per year (around $43 million). While this may sound dramatic, according to the report it’s actually around 33 times cheaper than other conventional cleanup methods that have been proposed to deal with the problem. But to minimize costs, The Ocean Cleanup is outsourcing most of the fundamental research to institutes and is also collaborating with various companies. In order to implement the next stage of the project, which will involve large-scale operational pilots, the company is now crowdsourcing $2 million.

[combustiblefuel]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

I'd certainly go try one on. If it was comfortable i'd be interested in buying it.

The prototype shown is pretty ugly. Later this year if they make even a half decent looking one I would definitely give it a chance. I cant see this shoe being to outrageous in price.