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Better than recycling is second using. Means, that 90% of shoes (if you pay attention on the video) are almost "new" and worn for 10-20%. So these shoes could be easily given to charity organisations for second-hand usage.

recycling is just an excuse for this companies to cut cost. Ridiculous that the price are still sky high even with cheap materials.

7:56 A stapler pin for every polythene bag You know a scam when you see it

1:45 The shoes they're trying to recycle should be used first They're as good as new RRR starts with REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE Recycle is LAST

That man should let me try a pair. To see if they last. I walk daily and go through the shoes. Mostly right shoe because of the way I walk

It's actually strange that we always talk about sustainability due to recycling instead of extend the lifecycle of the product. Because looking at all the shoes I worn in the recent years, the upperwork was still in great condition but it was the sole I weared through. And actually two of them were the same Nike Airforce and also of Vans I wore two. For both brands it had the same sole same everything as it are classics... if they would sell a new sole to let it get replaced by a qualified shoemaker I would certainly have done it, as I love the look of the more worn out sneaker. But unfortunately it is not an option in this 'Made in China'-society

Did you tell us where we can take our shoes to be recycled? Most of the time I wear my shoes to the point I could not in good conscience donate them but I would love to take them to be recycled. So where do I take them?

Still people cant afford shoes ..

Good work

all harmful technology made from the west and now telling us to save the world....

Backside of it is we are creating new sources of microplastics.

Waste recycling

5:52 i bought those

Interesting 🤔

Great power couple doing great for the planet!

This is the behaviour of human at first they will and when u r success they will greet u

We done it great work guys!!

Recycling shoes 👞!!

Đôi dày dép sử dụng trong tương lai gần❤❤❤

A dozen!, I counted five

Brilliant, make "new" shoes from degenerated plastic so they have a shorter life.

This sure is a great use of plastic waste ,and sure was interesting to watch ❤❤❤

Please install One in caribbeen Trinidad 🇹🇹 an others

Зачем выпускать такое количество обуви даже новую обувь выбрасывают на переработку чтоб не пробовать по дешовке .

Love what Adidas is doing. Great video BI!

MR BEAST WHERE ARE YOU? SOMEONE PLEASE SEND THIS VIDEO TO HIM!

PRANAM

Adidas’s ocean plastic project isn’t that real. There was a whole investigation documentary about it. They’re half assing the task massively

very good video but DAMN - 1st world vs 3rd world technology

You know what frustrates the hell out of me umberella they never last I can’t remember the last time I used one , their no good in the rain or wind and yet there still out there no use to any one except for a poke in the eye when spokes are broken in wind .

wow, all the shoe recyclers are geniuses.

Company wouldn’t share anything else apart from heat and friction👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 trying to fix an issue and hide solution nice

Garbage in, garbage out?

wear your shoes for a few years, that's the solution....people are getting shoes every few months, like what a waste

Sure the insurance company paid for the burned factory

In Philippines are called ukay ukay not waste

If it ain’t leather, you can throw it away. I am sick of all this plastic. You just clog up your skins with unbreatbable shit. Cotton, pure wool, linen etc, only leather shoes and rubber soles and perfect. Make quality not mixed up unrecycleable shits. Forget all that “performance”, just a lie.

These brilliant companies are saving the earth one shoe at a time.

This news story has no " Soul"./sole:.....😁😁

I love all of this especially that I'm a "sneaker head" and I love technology, so the mixture of both worlds is amazing to me!!! 💯🏆

just send it to indonesia will you? they can do " recycling" 😂😂😂

Good process

Why you recycle those shoes? send it to indonesia. it can be sold there..

Just donate it to the poor in different countries

Send them India super quality

How wasteful that perfect shoes returned by customers are thrown out. Especially when so many poor are willing to have them.

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Bullshit. They just dump it in a landfill in another country like what most recycling plants do

HUGE RESPECT TO THEM. Making our earth clean and Mother Nature proud 🌀