Nike gets most of its cotton from suppliers in China, India, Turkey, and the United state Of America. Organic cotton means that it is harvested without chemical pesticides, no fertilizer, and defoliants. Nike is proud to say that they are using more and more organic cotton every year and plan to keep this trend going. The next material nike widely uses is cotton. Eva Foam is one of the most efficient and cheap materials that Nike uses in their shoes. The main producers of Eva Foam are located in China.
Eva foam is a very environmentally friendly material used in many shoes. Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia are the top producers of rubber around the world. Nike released their environmentally preferred rubber in 2002, this altered rubber is made by incorporating more benign accelerators and vegetable oils, they also modify the processing. Well over 70% of Nikes shoes now use environmentally preferred rubber. The next main material Nike uses is rubber and they have used more and more environmentally preferred rubber. China and India are the main polyester producers worldwide. The solid plastic bottles are broken down into pieces and then melted to a liquid when they are then made into polyester strands. The world cup jerseys Nike made in 2010 were 100% recycled polyester each using eight plastic bottles. Nike helped recycle 82 million plastic water bottles to make polyester out of. First the polyester, 19 percent of the polyester Nike uses is recycled. Nike uses many materials to make all their products but there are only six main materials that make up the majority of all their products mass. Nike six main materials used in all their products.
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