Adidas Creates Shoe From Trash in Partnership With 'Parley For The Oceans'

Sneakers for the environment.

388767-1940x1293Move over, Nike Air Force Ones; there’s a new hot shoe in town, and while Nelly hasn’t rapped about it yet, we’re betting that somewhere a school of dolphins is singing its praises.

Footwear giant Adidas, in partnership with conservation organization Parley for the Oceans, has created a sneaker made almost entirely of trash pulled from the sea.

While the sole of the sneaker is made of sustainable cushioning, the upper portion of the shoe was fashioned entirely of materials reclaimed from illegal deep-sea fishing nets and other waste pulled from the ocean by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which collaborated on the project.

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