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4/20/2019

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One of the main hindrances to recycling shoes is that the various parts of a shoe are made of different materials + the glue used to hold it all together contaminates much of the otherwise recyclable parts. This new Futurecraft Loop shoe is made entirely of the same material + uses no glue...which means the entire shoe can be recycled into new shoes! The shoes won't be sold until 2021 + at the moment the recycled material can only constitute 10% of a new Futurecraft Loop shoe...but closed loop technology for shoes is almost here!! Adidas vows to only use recycled plastic in their shoes by 2024.  

Econyl (the stuff of ocean plastic-cum-swimsuits) is working toward closing the loop as well. Hopefully someday soon our swimsuits + trainers will be returned rather than discarded ...and made into new swimsuits + trainers. Progress feels slow...but is happening. I think that using recycled plastic for trainers + swimsuits is a positive use of closed loop technology at this point, since our use of nylon for swimsuits + cushioned soles for athletic shoes are currently ubiquitous....though further engineering of natural materials toward these specialized uses would be far superior. 

What Operation National Sword means for us.
​Because it's warming up.
We got our day.
In the air.
​Are you saying that just to make me feel better?
The game board is shrinking.
Hope. Vision. Imagination.

Hope you are enjoying life + our planet this weekend!

Love, 
​Jane
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