This week the Benalla Sustainable Future Group column, submitted by its WasteWise sub-group, looks at ways to recycle old sneakers.
Are your old sneakers too worn to go to the Op Shop? Well, you don’t have to throw them in the red bin for landfill.
Clean, old sneakers can now be recycled to produce safety matting for play areas — just as an example!
WasteWise has been searching Benalla for participants to assist in recycling household products which can be diverted from landfill and effectively reused.
We are thrilled to announce that Sportspower Benalla has a box in store for recycling clean, old sneakers.
The store has an arrangement with Sportspower Wangaratta for pick-up of the collection as necessary; Wangaratta has an example of the recycled matting should you be interested to see this product.
Sportspower is convenient for Benalla residents, so we encourage anyone with old sneakers needing to be thrown out to recycle them there instead and support a local retailer trying to do the right thing.
Other retailers are also joining this movement to reduce landfill, and we will feature them in future articles.