The Journey of Nike shoes

The rubber for Nike shoes is prominently made in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.Nike has used environmentally preferred rubber since 2002.The environmentally preferred rubber is made by using more vegetable oils and by modifying the process.

The EVA stands for Ethylene Vinyl Acetate. EVA foam used in Nike shoes is made in china. Eva foam is a very cheap and environmentally friendly material.Eva foam is used in most shoes.

the cotton Nike uses to make its shoes comes from The USA, China,turkey and India. these countries are the leading suppliers of cotton worldwide. at least 10% of the cotton Nike uses in the shoes is organic cotton meaning that it is harvested without chemical pesticides,fertilizer,

defoliants. Using organic cotton is better for the environment as less chemicals are released.

Nike mainly uses Synthetic leather which is a man made material,Nike uses synthetic leather in their products as it is cheaper,more efficient, vegan, more breathable and easier to clean.the main suppliers of synthetic leather are Taiwan and china.

Where are Nike Shoes made

Most of the factories that manufacture Nike shoes are located in Asia, including Indonesia, China, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan, Philippines, and Malaysia.

Nike shoes would travel from USA to India to China then from china to Thailand to Malaysia and then back to one of the listed factories above to be manufactured.

therefore before even being shipped to the store the shoe has traveled approximately 22537km

links i used

https://u.osu.edu/nikeshoes/raw-materials/

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=china+on+world+map+circles&safe=strict&biw=1366&bih=673&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCs6LduL3QAhWMKJQKHUEsCzUQ_AUIBigB#safe=strict&tbm=isch&q=eva+foam+factory

http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0ahUKEwjJ8auQw

https//97QAhVJxbwKHcRBAkwQFggoMAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mapcrow.info%2F&usg=AFQjCNHNf0tYt_sWIQeXp9q35zayR3THGQ&bvm=bv.139782543,d.dGc

https://prezi.com/_mz9gtc_plpm/edit/#25_86352270

http://www.nike.com/au/en_gb/

COTTON

EVA foam

Leather

INDIA AND CHINA

To Begin with the Polyester used to make the shoes is made in India and China.The polyester used to make Nike shoes and 19% of the polyester used in the shoe is made from recycled drink bottles.

Rubber

Negatives

The Negatives of Nike getting its materials from many different country's include, more pollution due to have to ship the materials to the factory's, No grantee that the factory workers are being treated correctly or getting appropriate wages for their hard work and for these reasons getting products manufactured in other country's is not the best idea.

Positives

The Journey Of a Nike shoe

The positives of the shoe coming from many different places are that the shoe would be cheaper as the material used come from global manufacturers and the wages overseas are lower meaning that the product is more affordable for the consumers. Another positive is that Nike can ensure that they get environmentally friendly and good quality materials from these country's.

13,568km

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2,244

1,743

By Maddison Hand