An innovative step to create best from waste: A football pitch from plastic cups in Russia

Sochi, April 5: Due to wide-scale use of plastic creates water, soil and air pollution. These polluted components of environment lead to an imbalance of various ecosystem of the Earth. The only solution to this plastic hazard is to take preventive measures like reducing the use of plastic but what about the plastic available in the market. Russia’s Sochi stadium used this thrown plastic in an innovative way. A football pitch has been made from used plastic cups.

“The technological process of creating the plastic football pitch took place at Russian factories. Plastic bags collected during the World Cup were re-melted into special granules, which were later used for making the fibre strands that make up the pitch,” said Konstantin Tamirov, marketing director of the commercial company that helped to construct the plastic pitch in Sochi.

Aimed at maintaining the Russia 2018 World Cup legacy and increasing the long-lasting impact left by the global championship. The pitch was made of plastic cups that were collected during the month-long football extravaganza in Russia, which attracted thousands of fans from all corners of the world.

The 65-meter-long pitch was installed next to the Fischt Stadium, which hosted World Cup fixtures last summer. These included Russia’s dramatic quarterfinal match against Croatia, which the hosts lost in a nail-biting penalty shootout.

More than 4,000 pounds of plastic were needed to build the unique pitch, which will later be relocated to Volgograd, where it will be available for local football lovers.