The new Nike Green Speed football boot - the lightest, fastest, most environmentally-friendly production boot the company has ever made - complements his Brazil kit which, like the Socceroos kit, is made almost entirely from recycled bottles.

The bottles are washed, chopped up into flakes and melted down into thread, which is then used to create the fabric. Each kit is made using an average of 13 recycled bottles.

Since beginning this process for its club and national team partners in 2010, Nike has diverted over 115 million bottles from landfill sites.

The new Nike Green Speed boot has been optimized to reduce weight and waste, creating Nike’s lightest football boot ever at 160 grams.

Conceived and engineered in Italy, the Nike Green Speed features recycled and renewable materials throughout the upper and plate design. A bio-based traction plate made primarily from castor beans ensures strength and flexibility on pitch, alongside a sock liner made from 100% castor beans.

The boot laces, lining and tongue are made from a minimum of 70% recycled material and the toeboard and collar, feature at least 15% recycled materials.

“The Nike GS is the lightest and fastest football boot we’ve ever made and really defines a new era in how we create, design and produce elite football boots,” said Andy Caine, global design director for Nike Football.

“When you can deliver a boot that combines high end performance and a low environmental footprint that’s a winning proposition for players and planet.”