At Bonobo Kids, we are all about REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE so we were psyched to hear that there is something you can do with your old sneakers. Nike has a program called Reuse a Shoe where they take old athletic shoes of any brand (not just Nike) and grind them up to use for playgrounds and playing surfaces.

According to Nike, ‘The following list shows approximately how many pairs of recycled athletic shoes generally go into making each surface:
• Outdoor basketball court: 2,500 pairs
• Outdoor tennis court:2,500 pairs
• Full Field or soccer pitch: 50,000 - 75,000 pairs*
• Mini soccer field: 10,000-20,000 pairs
• Running track: 75,000 pairs*
• Playground: 2,500 pairs
• Indoor basketball court: 2,500 pairs
• Indoor synthetic basketball court: 2,500 pairs’

Their partners, the makers of these athletic playing surface, incorporate the ground up sneaker material into their usual recipe.

To learn more about this program and to find out where you can drop off your old sneaks, click here.

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