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What to do with old Shoes
- Wear Them
- Wash Them/ clean up resole, dye for new look. New Look Video , Plain White Shoes
- Stick in the car for that one time you may need that look/
- Give to Pet to play with
- Curb Alert on Craigslist
- Freecycle: Trade or Swap
- Give to Homeless Shelter
- Re-purpose: Birdhouse, Planter
- Resell in Consignment Store
- Shoe Swap/ Clothing Exchange
- Donate Anyplace
- Post on Etsy (Alchemy to see if anyone needs)
- Recycle
Where to Recyle Shoes
- Boulder Running: (Colorado)
- Chaco Inc: Rock Creek Outdoor Retailer:
- Crocs: In development, recycling your Crocs (Soles United)
- Nike Shoe Recycling Program:
- Ways to Help Shoe Recycling Program (Soles4Soles) – list of donation sites
- One World Running
- Perpetual Prosperity Pumps Foundation
- Recycled Runners: Has drop off location on websites. (International as well)
- Samaritan’s Feet:
- The Shoe Bank: Goal is to put comfortable shoes on homeless in Dallas
- Sole Responsibilty: (Canada)
- Unicef:
- U Tube video about Shoe Donations in Africa (Shoes for Africa)
- www.sustainableworldfund.org
- Soleaid.org -Recycles shoes to provide scholarships for people in the USA, helps families and children overseas.
- www.shoerecyclingfundraiser.com
Make Your Own Shoes From Recycled Materials
How to Make Your Own Shoes: Shoes Made from Grocery Bags
www.makezine.com
Shoes made with Computer Key Boards
How To Build Roller Skates from old Shoes
Shoes Made with Recycled Tires
Makezine.com
Other Fun Re-Purposing of Old Shoes
Shoe Planter
Glitter Shoes
Resources: Footwear Global
Shoe Repair:
- Hints from Threadhanger:
this is my favorite entry!! i love to create fun, fresh things and those seem great ideas… sometimes people hope to recycle stuff but cant find a place to taqe their recycled stuff, be it plastics (not bottles) or yard stuff, and shoes of course thanx for your research!!!!
Sole aid is the best thing to do with your old shoes!
Top 3 Reasons you should partner with Sole aid:
1. It provides scholarships for children at home.(in the U.S.A)
2. It provides self-sufficiency to families and children around the globe.(Third world nations)
3. It saves our planet by keeping waste out of the landfills!
For more information contact us at info@soleaid.org or find us on Facebook! Search Sole aid Inc. and become a fan!
Doran Eichenberg
Executive Director
616.298.4593