{"id":1553,"date":"2008-11-10T18:26:24","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T23:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2008-11-10T18:26:24","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T23:26:24","slug":"nike-recycles-your-shoes-for-a-sustainable-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/nike-recycles-your-shoes-for-a-sustainable-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike Recycles Your Shoes for a Sustainable Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We all have old shoes lying around the house, no longer suitable for athletic activity, but seemingly too decent to be sent to a growing landfill. Now you can recycle your athletic shoes with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikereuseashoe.com\/get-involved\" target=\"_blank\">Nike Reuse-A-Shoe program<\/a> and they could become a basketball court, track, field, playground, or consumer product.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/2620250416_b3a8bdb6c51.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1555\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/2620250416_b3a8bdb6c51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/2620250416_b3a8bdb6c51.jpg 500w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/2620250416_b3a8bdb6c51-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Nike started recycling shoes in 1990 and it&#8217;s now a part of their &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikeresponsibility.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">considered design philosophy<\/a>&#8220;, a commitment to innovation and sustainability. During the     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikereuseashoe.com\/how-it-works\/recycling-process\">recycling process<\/a>,  worn-out shoes are divided into three materials which are incorporated in to the products of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikereuseashoe.com\/nike-grind\/nike-grind-partners\">industry-leading sports surfacing companies<\/a>, as well Nike&#8217;s own product manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>Up to 10 pair of athletic shoes of any brand are welcome, as long as they are not cleats and do not contain metal. With Reuse-A-Shoe bins available in 300 locations in the U.S. , plus locations in Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand, recycling your shoes is easier than ever. While finding a local drop off location is the best option for the environment, you can also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikereuseashoe.com\/get-involved\/group-shoe-recycling\" target=\"_blank\">organize a recycling drive<\/a> or ship your shoes to Nike with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikereuseashoe.com\/pdf\/RAS_Shipping_Label.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Reuse-A-Shoe shipping label<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s hope this is one of many steps away from Nike&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knowmore.org\/wiki\/index.php?title=Nike#Criticisms\" target=\"_blank\">past questionable practices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/23905174@N00\/\" target=\"_blank\">d70focus<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr<\/a> under Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all have old shoes lying around the house, no longer suitable for athletic activity, but seemingly too decent to be sent to a growing landfill. Now you can recycle your athletic shoes with the Nike Reuse-A-Shoe program and they could become a basketball court, track, field, playground, or consumer product. <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/nike-recycles-your-shoes-for-a-sustainable-future\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":1555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[878],"tags":[2665,2666,394,2667,2668,243,2669],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/2620250416_b3a8bdb6c51.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}