The recycling system was developed at the university's Innovative Manufacturing and Construction Research Centre, and is the end result of a 10-year research program.

Click here for more details on how to recycle your shoes. According to the U.S. Department of Interior, Americans throw away at least 300 million pairs of shoes per year. In a landfill, they can ...

Footwear recycling gets a kick-start Date: October 21, 2013 Source: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Summary: A newly developed recycling process could make landfill ...

Shoes that are not shipped out for resale by Sneaker Impact are crushed and given a second life as foam, rubber or textiles. "Those could be made into flooring, into mats, into tiles," Hachem said.

Reuters tracked 11 pairs of donated shoes to test a recycling program launched by Dow and Singapore. Most landed in markets or remote areas in Indonesia, which banned used-apparel imports in 2015.

Apple Valley among Minnesota cities collecting old shoes for recycling 01:11. APPLE VALLEY, Minn. --It's National Recycling Day, a time to celebrate simple ways to protect the planet.Apple Valley ...

By the way, this isn't the first time Asics has made a piece of footwear with sustainability in mind. 2022’s Asics GEL-LYTE III CM 1.95 sneaker focused on reducing the shoes' carbon footprint ...

And while old shoes might be deemed unusable, it’s hard to make the same case about shoes that a customer has tried on once and returned. Under the German law, Nike may owe a 100,000-euro fine.