New Brazil kit a bottler

Five-time world champions Brazil will take to the field in 2011 wearing a Nike shirt made from recycled plastic bottles.

The yellow, green, blue and white colours of the Brazil national strip were made famous throughout the world by the exploits of Pele and his teammates at the 1970 World Cup.

And kit manufacturers Nike have now released a new take on the iconic shirt – one that will allow the players to do their bit for the environment while representing their country.

“These shirts were developed and manufactured with threads from recycled plastic bottles,” Nike Marketing Director Thiago Pinto said.

“The shirt’s cloth maintains its technologic characteristics, being able to ease the sweat evaporation and preserve its lightness and shape.”

“For each jersey, around eight plastic bottles are eliminated from the environment. Therefore, each time a Brazilian player walks into a field, we are sure that he has the best technology to improve his performance and also that he is working for sustainability, as he removes these dangerous elements from nature.”