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World Cup soccer ball goes green

by Marc S. Reisch
December 4, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 48

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Credit: Arlanxeo
Adidas's World Cup soccer ball gets its bounce from biobased ethylene-propylene rubber.
A picture of a soccer ball.
Credit: Arlanxeo
Adidas's World Cup soccer ball gets its bounce from biobased ethylene-propylene rubber.

Adidas is using a partially biobased ethylene-propylene rubber to give the soccer ball it is making for the 2018 World Cup competition both a performance and environmental edge. Arlanxeo, a joint venture of Lanxess and Saudi Aramco, will supply the rubber, made with sugarcane-derived ethylene. The partners say their Keltan Eco rubber has just the right elasticity and resilience for the games, set to take place in Russia starting in June.

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