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Published on September 4th, 2007

Run Your Old Sneakers Over to Recycle Collection

by Trey Granger

Westside News features a used sneaker collection drive by the the Union Congregational United Church of Christ in Churchville, New York. The collection will kick off September 9 and last the entire month.

The program is being run by Christian Education Co-Chair Cheryl Valvano, who is looking to development more recycling initiatives through the church. Instead of being donated for reuse, any sneakers brought in will actually be recycled for their materials.

“Old sneakers are collected by Monroe County and then are recycled by Nike, the athletic shoe manufacturer, in a program called ‘Reuse-A-Shoe.’ Nike takes the rubber, foam and upper fabric from sneakers and chops it up into a material called Nike Grind, Valvano said.”

To learn more about the Nike Reuse-A-Shoe program, visit the website. The service is available in the United States, Europe, Japan and Australia.

Trey Granger

Trey Granger

Trey Granger is a staff member at Earth911.com.

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  1. Shaping Youth » Counter-Marketing Consumption: A Kid’s Guide to Giving

    posted on December 13th, 2007 at 8:45 pm

    [...] we use ‘doorstep dumping’ to collect used-rubber sneakers to be shredded/recycled as playground equipment, scratched Rx glasses to be refurbished and shipped [...]

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