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Athletic Shoe Recycling

If your old shoes are beyond repair, give them a useful second life. Usable shoes can be taken to locations in our Clothing Reuse page.

Several programs exist that allow you to recycle or reuse sneakers!

Through its Reuse-A-Shoe Program, Nike collects athletic shoes of any kind and any brand and grinds them up to recover their materials. Nike then donates these materials to communities around the world:

  • Ground rubber from the outsole is used for soccer, football, and baseball fields, as well as weight room flooring
  • Ground foam from the midsole is used for synthetic basketball courts, tennis courts, and playground surface tiles
  • Fabric from the upper portion of the shoes is used as padding for use under hardwood basketball floors

Sneakers4Good.com also offer many alternatives to disposing sneakers! Check out their website for mail-back options, sneaker drives, drop-off locations and more!

If you have information about other shoe recycling programs, please contact us so we can include it here.

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