探花直播men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 teams will tackle their annual Varsity matches in football kits made from 2,500 plastic bottles.
探花直播men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 teams will tackle their annual Varsity matches in football kits made from 2,500 plastic bottles.
Cambridge 探花直播 Association Football Club () will wear an innovatively recycled football kit for the 37th Women鈥檚 Varsity Match and the 138th Men鈥檚 Varsity Match against Oxford 探花直播 on Sunday 19th March.
探花直播kits include shirts, shorts and socks made from OEKO-TEX certified recycled yarn, produced by recycling used plastic bottles. At the Varsity matches, CUAFC are wearing the equivalent of 2,500 plastic 0.5 litre bottles, approximately 30 bottles per player.
To produce the kits, post-consumer PET plastic bottles are first shredded into small pieces in a recycling plant and cleaned. 探花直播parts are melted and the resulting mass is pressed into the desired shape by extrusion. From this the yarn is produced and further processed into fabric which is used to make clothing. 探花直播result: Kits made entirely from plastic bottles.听
Matt Hawthorn, captain of the men's team, studying Land Economy at Pembroke College says: 鈥淲e are proud, as the oldest football club in the world, to lead the way on sustainability in Cambridge sport by choosing kits made from recycled plastic bottles. As sports teams typically need to order new kits for each season and for the Varsity matches, this is a first step towards reducing our environmental footprint.鈥
Fran Steele, captain of the women鈥檚 team, studying Medicine at Wolfson College says: 鈥淐UAFC is incredibly excited to be wearing a sustainable kit at the Varsity Match 2023. As a club, we are proud to promote the use of recyclable sports kits, which can help to raise awareness about environmental issues and encourage others to adopt more sustainable practices. 探花直播use of this sports kit for this large event is a small but impactful way to contribute to a more sustainable and environmentally-conscious future.鈥
探花直播kits have been developed by Appareal, a Swiss-based company whose mission is to provide sustainable clothing from recycled sources. It was co-founded four years ago by Andy Wright, who took up studying an Mst at Selwyn College in 2022. Having read the College鈥檚 Sustainability Charter, Mr Wright saw an opportunity to expand it through the use of sustainable sports clothing.
探花直播men's and women's Varsity matches against Oxford 探花直播 will take place on the 19th of March at the Breyer Group Stadium in Leyton, East London, home to League 2 leaders Leyton Orient. Tickets can be bought on the Leyton Orient .
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