I have several pairs of old running shoes gathering dust in my closet, because I am hesitant to just throw them away in the trash.
Years ago, I read something about one of the shoe manufacturing companies having some shoe recycling program, so I'm hoping that it caught on - but I can't find anything like that anywhere today.
What do you guys do with your old, worn-down running shoes?
9 Comments
dzfox@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
I would check if your local running store does anything. Mine has a program to repurpose old shoes.
verity_kindle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Thanks for the suggestion
RunningInRVA@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
Stay away from this one:
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-plastic-dow-shoes/
verity_kindle@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 3y
It depends on what shape they're in when they don't support my arches any more. If they don't have holes or rips, I wash them and give them to charity. If they are wrecked, I burn them with our other trash.
Ouirobbs@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y
Why would you burn your trash?
verity_kindle@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 3y
We burn our trash because we can't afford to pay a private company to pick it up and take it to a landfill.
sirnak@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Where do you live if I may ask?
verity_kindle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
I'd rather not give out my location, as I don't see the relevance.
sirnak@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
That's perfectly fine