Nike has designed basketball and soccer uniforms for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics that it says will be the "most sustainable" and "highest performing" to date.
The sportswear brand has created uniforms for America's men and women basketball teams, and soccer jerseys for the USA, Korea and Nigeria teams. The apparel includes outfits for competition, the medal stand and training.
Nike has used a mixture of materials with the aim to make the attire more environmentally friendly. They include polyester created from recycled plastic bottles, recycled nylon, and rubber and yarn waste from the company's factories.
The US team's all-white medal stand attire is made from recycled materials including excess rubber from Nike factories
"This is the most sustainable product and the highest performing product we have ever created as a collection," said Nike Chief Design Officer John Hoke. "So whether it is on the track and field, the celebration of the medal stand, the village wear, the training wear or the other outfits they wear, everything that we are doing is 100 per cent sustainable."
The Nike Air Vapormax sneakers comprise 75 per cent manufacturing waste products
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