Nike Grind recycles worn out athletic shoes, turning them into athletic surfaces such as sports courts, tennis courts and tracks. Do something good for the earth and recycle your used athletic shoes. What do we accept? We accept relatively clean and dry sneakers and athletic shoes. We ask that the pairs of shoes be tied together for easier and faster sorting. What do we not accept? No dress shoes, flip- flops, sandals, boots, hiking boots or shoes with lights.
Nike Reuse a Shoe and LA84 Foundation. To learn more about Nike Reuse-a-Shoe program please go to Nikereuseashoe.com. No wet or muddy shoes - they cause the rest of the shoes to get moldy. What happens to them? First, we take clean reusable shoes and donate them to non- profit sports organizations. Our last load, we sent over 5. Afghanistan through a Palo Alto non- profit organization called From our Feet. The shoes that are not reusable are shipped to a Nike recycling facility in Oregon where they are ground up and used to make athletic surfaces including tracks, weight room flooring and playground surfaces. Three distinct types of Nike Grind material (upper fabric, midsole foam and outsole rubber) are made, each of which is used in a different way to make new sports surfaces. In addition, Nike also uses some of the byproducts from the manufacturing of outsoles of new Nike shoes as Nike Grind rubber. For more information on Nike’s innovative program, visit Nike's Reuse A Shoe Program. In 2. 00. 6, we sorted through 1. We were able to send 5. Afghanistan through a Palo Alto non- profit organization called From our Feet. Metro Sport in Town and Country Village on El Camino in Palo Alto helped us to send 5. We estimated that we diverted 1.
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