Forest Green Rovers, the UK’s most environmentally friendly football club, creates an eco-friendly kit made from coffee beans

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Britain’s most environmentally friendly football club has a reason to celebrate. Their new eco-friendly kit is made from coffee beans.

Forest green roverClimate-neutral in 2017, has partnered with PlayerLayer to create a prototype strip that also includes recycled plastic.

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The· League 2 Named by Fifa as the most environmentally friendly in the world, the club will play its first match on Saturday with a new lime and black tiger stripe kit. Colchester United..

The coffee-based dough performed best in early testing and was found to be lighter, breathable and durable than the club’s current kits made of eco-friendly bamboo.

Forest green environmental certification includes: Have a vegan menu On their ground in Nailsworth, Gloucester, and solar panels with charging points.

The proceeds from the sale of the kit will be distributed to Gloucestershire NHS and Charity One Tree Planted.

Club President Dale Vince said: “It’s time for football to wake up and smell coffee about the future of the planet.

“This prototype kit brings a new taste to the old cliché of shattering results.”

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