February 14, 2008

Nike Releases Shoe Made From Manufacturing Waste

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Nike has released the Nike Trash Talk, a basketball shoe made from manufacturing waste. The Nike Trash Talk is modeled after the shoe of Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash and meets Nike’s Considered design standards:

- The upper is pieced together from leather and synthetic leather waste from the factory floor using zig-zag stitching.

- The mid-sole uses scrap-ground foam from factory production

- The outsole uses environmentally-preferred rubber and incorporates Nike Grind material from footwear outsole manufacturing waste.

- The Phoenix Suns’ colorways will have shoe laces and sockliners which use environmentally-preferred materials and will be packaged in a fully recycled cardboard shoe box.

Earlier this year, NikeĀ  designed its Air Jordan XX3 shoe to be environmentally correct.

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