recyling tennis shoes

  • Hi everyone,

    I read about a place where you can mail your old tennis shoes for recycling. Has anyone ever done this? Does anyone know the address? Thanks!
  • Never heard of it but I am curious...will be watching this thread. It would be great to have some place to recycle the old shoes instead of throwing them away.
  • Those and denim jeans as well. The denim is made into insulation.

    I'll be watching as well.
  • no, but I've put my shoes ontop of my garbage can, and in the morning they were gone. Someone who needed them picked them up......which is why I left them ontop.
  • We donated ours to the school--they were shredded and are now used as mulch padding under the playground equipment--normally a very expensive item to purchase.
  • I stopped being lazy and googled it... this is what I found:

    Current Drop-Off Locations to Recycle Athletic Shoe

    For individuals interested in recycling small quantities of worn-out athletic shoes, please visit Nike's website to find a drop-off location near you. If there is not a collection partner in your area, you can mail shoes at your own expense back to:

    Nike Recycling Center
    c/o Reuse-A-Shoe
    26755 SW 95th Ave.
    Wilsonville, OR 97070

    from this site http://www.nrc-recycle.org/reuseashoe.aspx
  • Those sites are not very friendly. I couldn't find anywhere to enter my zip code.
  • OK. I finally found the drop down button. Geez! At least I have 2 nearby.