Adidas is eliminating plastic bags from all its stores.

In just one day, 70 million plastic bags disappear worldwide, including 3 million in the United States alone. Plastic bottled water is banned from meetings at the sportswear group's headquarters.

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Elimination of plastic bags from Adidas sales points

ELIMINATION OF ADIDAS PLASTIC BAGS –

Adidas, the global sportswear giant, has announced that it has eliminated, with immediate effect, the sale of all its products, in all of its 14.000 stores worldwide, in plastic bags. plastic bagsThe only exception is in stores in Russia and Kazakhstan, where the bags will be phased out starting in June.

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ADIDAS'S CHOICE –

Eliminating plastic in such a huge and global universe as Adidas's means, all things considered, cancelling, overnight, something like 70 million plastic bags. Of these, 3 million are in the United States alone and 2 million in Germany..

ADIDAS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY –

But Adidas isn't stopping at this announcement in its policy of moving closer to sustainability, recognizing that consumers, especially athletes, are highly sensitive to environmental issues. Among the measures the company has taken, we highlight two that are significant. The first concerns: the ban on the use of plastic bottles for mineral water during meetings in the various locations of the groupSecond provision: the use of plastic microbeads in all body products has been suspended.

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