Recycling Shoes

The NRC has recently joined with Nike to bring an unique recycling program to 25 communities across the United States. Under the Reuse-a-Shoe Program, community recycling centers which are members of the NRC will be able to add used athletic footwear to their existing recycling programs. These shoes are collected by Nike, and sliced and grinded up to make Nike Grind material, which is then used in sports surfaces.

Since its inception in 1993, the Reuse-A-Shoe program has recycled more than 13 million pairs of shoes, and has used the recycled material to help donate over 100 athletic courts, tracks, fields and playground surfaces to communities around the world. With the Program now being expanded to include NRC members, 19 recycling organizations, from Portland, Oregon, to Atlanta, Georgia, have already committed to collecting a minimum of 5,000 pairs of old athletic shoes each in the first six months of the Program.

Our partnership with Nike is an excellent example of how manufacturers, retailers, consumers, and recycling professionals can all work together to close the recycling loop, and create environmental, economic and community benefits.

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