Independent Thoughts

Ok its time to digg up your closets and if you got some old Athletic shoes which you have just been taking up space for a while and you no longer will wear them, then i guess its best off to give them to some charity or just drop-them-off to the Nike drop-off spots. Nike will recycle any brand of athletic shoe through its Reuse-a-Shoe program. You can drop shoes off at any Niketown store or Nike Factory store; the company also has other drop-off spots, and if there’s not one near you, you can mail shoes in. you may check the Nike-Website also.

The company processes and recycles the footwear to make sports surfaces for basketball courts, tennis courts, running tracks and playgrounds. Right now they’re collecting shoes to make athletic surfaces for New Orleans, to help bring youth sports back to the city as it rebuilds. To date, about 20 million pairs of athletic shoes worldwide have been recycled through the Reuse-A-Shoe program.