Grayslake Library: Drop Off Location for Reuse-A-Shoe Program

The Grayslake Library, located at 100 Library Lane in Grayslake, will be collecting any brand of athletic shoes for the gym shoe recycling program.

Gym shoes can be dropped off at the Grayslake Library from January 4, 2010 through April 26, 2010.

SWALCO: Solid Waste Agency of Lake County directs the Reuse-A-Shoe gym shoe recycling program for Lake County.

Click Here for more details on the Lake County Reuse-A-Shoe program.

This is a community program through Nike.

Details from the Nike page Reuse A Shoe and Nike Grind:

"We also recycle much of our scrap material left over from the manufacturing of Nike footwear and together the shoes and shoe materials are ground up and purified to become a material we affectionately call Nike Grind– Nike Grind Rubber, Nike Grind Foam and Nike Grind Upper.

We then partner with industry-leading sports surfacing companies to incorporate Nike Grind into their quality sports surfacing product ranges – basketball and tennis courts, running tracks, soccer fields, fitness flooring and playground safety surfacing. Together, we’re working toward a common goal: to create the highest-quality sports surfaces available using the most innovative methods and advanced recycling technology.

After years of extensive research and development by Nike engineers, we’ve also found uses for the Nike Grind material in other areas of our business as well as the sports surface industry.

We then work with our Nike Grind partners to bring surface donations to underserved communities which leverages the power of sport to change young peoples’ lives, build communities and create positive social change." Search for Homes on your phone!

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