CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB

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.

So we thought we’d ask them a couple of simple questions regarding their football shirts;

What material(s) are this seasons authentic & replica Chelsea football shirts made from?

Will they shed any plastic microfibres when washed?

Cheslea’s customer services reply;

Dear Customer

Thank you for your email to Chelsea Customer Services. I can confirm that the authentic shirt is exactly the same shirt that the players will wear during matches these shirts are made of slightly higher quality materials than the replicas. The authentic shirts are also much tighter than the replica and are designed to be skin tight.

The replica shirts are as the name suggests a replica of the shirts that the players wear. These are designed for fans that will not necessarily require all the technology in the authentic shirts, they are also a looser fit than the authentic shirts so may be a more comfortable option.

Any further questions?
Please contact us and we’ll aim to respond to you within 24 hours.
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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 the early-stage food chain for many different aquatic species. This research backs up other reports published that show how oceanic synthetic textile microfibres can also accumulate hazardous pollutants, which adsorb to their large, fibrous surface areas.

Which poses the question; Should our sport stars be wearing and promoting polyester clothing?#zooplanktonlivesmatter
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GOLF REFUGEES

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 synthetic fabric, not less, which means more shedding of microfibres into the environment, more plastic in fish and more plastic in us.

In sectors such as sportswear, which requires frequent washing, plastic synthetic fibres are already the dominant fibre.

We've also learned that the best estimate for how many of these plastic microfibres are currently in the oceans is about 1.4 million trillion. In fact, microfibres are the single largest (by count) contributor to plastic pollution in our waters, because of their size and availability to living things, they’re a really big deal.
#sportswear #microfibres #plasticoceanpollution

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