Comment #1 by rak58

Mon, 21 May 2007 07:45:44 -0700

First Fair Trade Sports Balls with FSC Latex

The ball you see via the link below is one of the first of its kind. It has two seals: A Fair Trade seal and, as a novelty, the FSC seal of the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC works for the protection of forests and the peoples living and working in them. The bladder inside this ball is made from latex (rubber) produced in accordance with the strict social and environmental criteria of the FSC.

R. Andreas Kraemer, Director Ecologic Institute for International and European Environmental Policy http://www.ecologic.eu

Comment #2 by FairTradeSports

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:31:44 -0700

Good news, we got the FSC certification!

We've now got the first eco-friendly sports balls in the US! Hooray!

- Scott James
Fair Trade Sports
http://www.fairtradesports.com
Fair Trade Soccer Balls with FSC Certification!

See our Gristmill post on the environmental impact of sports balls here: http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/12/21/114921/69.

Grist - Comment Feed for A guest blogger weighs in on the impact of sports balls

Comment #1 by rak58

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