Footwear recycling gets a kick-start ( Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ) A newly developed recycling process could make landfill sites filled with old shoes a thing of the past. The world's first comprehensive system for separating and recovering useful materials from old footwear has been successfully trialled. It is able to granulate and segregate leather, plastic foams and rubber so that they can be re-used in ...
Oct. 17, 2013 - EurekAlert!