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• Microplastic Action Plan

  “The dramatic increase of microfibres in our rivers and coastal waters represents an alarming environmental and public health issue,” said Sen. Kennedy. Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2018 GOLF, SPORTS

• Polyester Apparel is a Plastic Pollutant

  

  Polyester apparel is a single wash plastic pollutant, even when it is recycled polyester. Although our synthetic clothes cannot be described as 'single use... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2018 GOLF, SPORTS

• Plastic Air

  Around 16% of the plastic produced annually in the world consists of textile fibres. Synthetic clothing is responsible for endless amounts of microfibres which... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2018 GOLF, SPORTS

• Use a Filter to Wash Your Polyester Apparel

  The numbers are mind boggling. From a single kit sponsorship deal with a Premiership football club. Adidas predict sales of replica shirts, over the ten year... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2018 GOLF, SPORTS

• A Better Football Shirt 2018

  In 2018 there will be the 21 st FIFA Football (Soccer) World Cup being held in Russia. No doubt all of the leading sportswear brands will be supplying teams wit... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2017 GOLF, SPORTS

• Modern Sportswear

  When discussing sportswear you are really talking about polyester. An established sports brand using 120 kg of polyester (including recycled polyester) annually... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2017 GOLF, SPORTS

• Save the k Signature Ball

  

  Can the K-signature ball be saved? This tour spec ball at $15 per doz was great for consumers but bad news for the business models of OEM's. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2017 GOLF, SPORTS

• Chelsea Football Club

  are in their final year of a kit deal with Adidas, before starting a new £60 million per season shirt sponsorship with Nike. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Plankton and Polyester

  Scientists have shown for the first time that the ingestion of polyester textile microfibres can prove fatal to freshwater zooplankton – an integral part of... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• A Really Big Deal

  Research has revealed that 52% of all fabric on Earth—from underwear to yoga pants—is made of synthetic (plastic) fibres. And the trend is towards more syntheti... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• A Better Way

  Sport is meant to be a healthy pursuit, we want our kids to play sport. But there must be a better way than clothing them in plastic, where shirts contain hidde... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea

  Chelsea has signed a new kit deal with US sportswear giant Nike.The deal is reported to be worth £60 million a season for the next 15 years.I wonder if... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Need to Know

  It is cheap to use toxic petrochemicals, and expensive to reformulate products so they aren't toxic. Removing a carcinogen or hormone disruptor from a shampoo,... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Why

  If I buy a bright yellow sport shirt; it will inform me of the main fabric material, where it is manufactured and how to wash it. Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Evian Championship

  

  Looking forward to The Evian Championship, women's golf fifth major. Hey Evian; A plastic water bottle, for example, takes roughly 450 years to disintegrate.... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Last to Know

  Numerous consumer products contain hidden carcinogens and hormone disruptor chemicals. Many of the most popular brands refuse to disclose the use of these... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Dear Customer Services

  Adidas, Rio was truly a great Olympics to watch and the performance of Team GB inspiring. I have just purchased an Adidas Team GB Golf Climachill polo shirt,... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Fess up

  Now that Nike Golf and Adidas Golf are just going to concentrate on apparel, here are some facts they sometimes forget to tell their customers; Polyester is a... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Pull out

  A few months ago Adidas announced it was pulling out of the golf equipment business to focus solely on apparel and footwear. And now Nike have pulled the plug o... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Fish Shop

  

  Unless governments and industry act over preventing ocean pollution, these warning signs may be coming to a fish counter near you. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2016 GOLF, SPORTS