Site Offers Crocs Recycling

by 02/05/08 5 Comments

If you have a worn-out pair of Crocs shoes or sandals, you can now recycle them by visiting the Soles United site, with the footwear manufactured into new Crocs products.

Crocs has two recycling locations for consumers to mail shoes, one in Bloomington, California and another in Lockbourne, Ohio. Crocs is also developing a Next Step Tour with free concerts at universities across the country this spring, where students can donate shoes.

To find out a location to recycle or donate shoes for reuse in your area, use Earth 911′s recycling locator.

Trey Granger

Trey Granger

Trey Granger is a staff member at Earth911.com.


  1. J. Daniel Robertson

    posted on March 16th, 2012 at 4:45 pm

    Crocs' donation/recycle efforts are now called CrocsCares. Locations may be found here: http://crocscares.com/donate-your-crocs/.
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4 Archived Comments

  1. Abby Stern

    posted on June 25th, 2009 at 7:56 am

    We live north of Boston, MA.
    Anywhere nearby where I can recycle my son’s old crocs or do I need to send them off to Bloomington, CA?
    Thanks,
    Abby Stern

  2. Carol

    posted on November 2nd, 2009 at 11:02 am

    I navigated to the Soles United Site and saw no information regarding recycling Crocs, just a link to their store. If I cannot find a way to recycle them, I don’t think I should buy another pair.

  3. Marianne

    posted on November 13th, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    I just spoke to the Crocs’ Headquarters. The “Soles United” site is renamed “crocs cares”, but it is temporarily suspended. I left a message for someone to call me back. Anyone who wants to call Crocs to encourage them to continue the program should call 866-306-3179, ext 9. Their office is open M-F, 8-5 MST.

  4. Virginia Dare

    posted on May 17th, 2011 at 9:13 am

    You can find drop off sites to donate wearable crocs at http://crocscares.com/donate-your-crocs/. This is good because some charities don’t accept crocs. However, I can’t find anything on the internet about recycling end-of-life crocs (broken, worn out, etc.). Many web sites link to Soles United. Today is May 17, 2011, and that URL is showing a junk site that has nothing to do with crocs.

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