{"id":5110,"date":"2010-09-13T11:38:38","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T10:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/?p=5110"},"modified":"2010-09-14T11:45:27","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T10:45:27","slug":"bayer-materialscience-develops-green-shoe-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2010\/09\/13\/bayer-materialscience-develops-green-shoe-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayer MaterialScience develops \u201cgreen shoe\u201d concept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.press.bayer.com\/baynews\/baynews.nsf\/id\/Bayer-MaterialScience-develops-green-shoe-concept\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5114\" title=\"100914_bayer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/100914_bayer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>Bayer MaterialScience has developed a unique concept  for a \u201cgreen shoe\u201d that uses a whole host of sustainable materials and  technologies. These include renewable polyurethane feedstocks, raw  materials for solvent-free coatings and adhesives, and a polycarbonate  blend and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) based on renewable resources.  Up to 90 percent of all components in the \u2018Ecotrekker\u2019 concept shoe can  be given eco-friendly properties by using the company\u2019s products.<\/span> <span>This integrated concept from Bayer MaterialScience  strongly reinforces the company\u2019s commitment to sustainable development  and once again demonstrates its expertise in developing innovative  technologies and materials. <\/span><span>\u201cFootwear manufacturers, end consumers and, not  least, the environment can all benefit equally from this development,\u201d  explains Dr. John Zhang, head of Bayer MaterialScience\u2019s Global Footwear  Competence Center in Shanghai, where the concept was developed. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.press.bayer.com\/baynews\/baynews.nsf\/id\/Bayer-MaterialScience-develops-green-shoe-concept\" target=\"_blank\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>News selected by Covalence | Country: Global |  Company: Bayer | Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.press.bayer.com\/baynews\/baynews.nsf\/id\/Bayer-MaterialScience-develops-green-shoe-concept\" target=\"_blank\">Bayer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayer MaterialScience has developed a unique concept for a \u201cgreen shoe\u201d that uses a whole host of sustainable materials and technologies. These include renewable polyurethane feedstocks, raw materials for solvent-free coatings and adhesives, and a polycarbonate blend and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) based on renewable resources. Up to 90 percent of all components in the \u2018Ecotrekker\u2019&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":665,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_post_series":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-5110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","entry","no-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/665"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5110"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=5110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}