What to Do With Your Old Shoes Now That Santa Brought You New Ones

There has to be more than a few people out there that got a pair of shoes during the recent various holiday celebrations. Most of us probably have more shoes than we’d like to admit, so if you’re planning on getting rid of an old pair consider this: instead of sending your aged sneaks to your local landfill, take them to a recycling center! With more than 19 billion shoes produced worldwide every year, you can imagine how many of them are ending up in landfills, where they sit for hundreds of years. Recycling them is a much better option.

Recycled Runners is a website that will help you track down just where you can recycle your well-loved shoes. From Portland, OR to Burlingto, NC there is an ever expanding list of stores that run shoe recycling programs. So before you don your new kicks and show them off on the trail, find a good home for your old ones and feel positive about doing something good for the environment.