What type of “sustainable” offering of holistic materials does Nike trash talk shoes utilize?
Most trainer manufacturers have a “sustainable” offering in more holistic materials, including recycled plastic and even a bit of hemp. The Nike Trash Talk shoe uses scrap-ground foam from factory production. Then there are the brands such as Worn Again claiming an ethical production process and making shoes for disassembly. In terms of recycling schemes, there are those one-off projects that collect training shoes for “poor communities”, although I always worry whether any poor community can actually use a pair of sweat-sodden old shoes. Adidas, meanwhile, tells me that its recycling programme is currently just for staff in the UK. Against not much competition, Nike’s Reuse-A-Shoe has the biggest eco kudos in trainer land. Collected trainers (there are now banks in UK outlets) are remanufactured into resin for sports courts, branded Nike Grind. Sources: http://www.guardian.co.
