How Do I Recycle That? (Athletic Shoes)
Sunnier days mean more time spent outdoors. If your hiking, biking, walking, and general outdoorsyness kicks into gear in the summer, you may be thinking about replacing your athletic shoes.
Before you toss the old ones in the trash, consider recycling them instead! (You can always donate an old pair, but let’s face it: if you don’t no longer want them, it’s a good bet no one else will either.)
Nike’s Reuse-A-Shoe Program lets you drop old sneaks of any brand at certain Nike stores (here in L.A., the Niketown on Wilshire is a drop off location) and they’ll grind em up and make something new out of them. It’s a closed loop system where you use your shoes for playing and then send them on to be recreated into a playing surface like a playground or basketball court for kids. Pretty cool right?
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Trenna Said,
August 1, 2009 @ 6:02 pm
Wow, this shoe recycling is really valuable information. Thank you.
I have a question of where can I take or who will pick up 8 can of old gallon cans of paint that was used 9 years ago? This is not LOC paint and I feel it is really poisonous. I want it out of my home. Also, what about old 9 volt batteries?