How to Recycle Shoes

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Pick the shoes you'd like to recycle or donate.. Check for nationally sponsored recycling programs near you.. Look into programs that recycle textiles if your shoes are too damaged to reuse.

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Pick the shoes you'd like to recycle or donate.

Step 1

Pick the shoes you'd like to recycle or donate.

2

Check for nationally sponsored recycling programs near you.

Step 2

Check for nationally sponsored recycling programs near you.

3

Look into programs that recycle textiles if your shoes are too damaged to reuse.

Step 3

Look into programs that recycle textiles if your shoes are too damaged to reuse.

4

Search online for shoe donation programs or drives in your city.

Step 4

Search online for shoe donation programs or drives in your city.

5

Tie both shoes together with laces or rubber bands.

Step 5

Tie both shoes together with laces or rubber bands.

6

Drop your shoes off at your city's designated location(s).

Step 6

Drop your shoes off at your city's designated location(s).

7

Repaint shoes to give them a new purpose.

Step 7

Repaint shoes to give them a new purpose.

8

Fill your shoes with soil to use them as planters.

Step 8

Fill your shoes with soil to use them as planters.

9

Insert screws in the bottom of your running shoes to give them better traction.

Step 9

Insert screws in the bottom of your running shoes to give them better traction.

10

Use smaller shoes as containers for sewing supplies.

Step 10

Use smaller shoes as containers for sewing supplies.

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