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Can you recycle shoes?

Yes

Yes, you can!
Seperate waste stream required

How to recycle shoes at home

How to recycle shoes profile

Shoes can not be recycled using household recycling bins.

  1. Repurpose your shoes by donating them to charity person of your choice.
  2. Clothing charities like TRAID have collection spots dotted around London where you can donate your footwear at no charge.
  3. If you can’t donate your shoes, drop them off at your local recycling centre.

How to recycle shoes at your business

By choosing Bywaters, our sustainability specialists will inspect your shoes at collection. Depending on the quality of each item, they will either be donated to TRAID or sent for recycling as bulky waste.

    1. Our transport team will arrange a suitable time to collect your waste.
    2. Your items will be transported via our environmentally friendly Euro 6 Fleet to our solar powered recycling centre.
    3. Your bulky waste will be broken down and segregated at our site.
    4. The materials will be deemed either recyclable, reusable, or salvageable. They will then either be sent charities to reuse, or reprocessers to be transformed into new items, such as furniture.
    5. The materials that can not be recycled are incinerated, with the energy produced used to power London through the national grid. 

Yes

Do

  • Create a list of possible new homes for your shoes, including charities and friends who may be interested.
  • Contact the manufacturer to check if they have a take-back scheme.
  • Clean and repair for reuse.
  • Consider listing the shoes online, to give them a new lease of life.

Do not

  • Do not put shoes in any recycling bin.
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The Recycling Process For Shoes

Your material is collected by our Euro 6 fleet

The waste is tipped into our solar-powered MRF

Each material is segregated at our specialised facility

Reusable material will be sent to relevant partners

Less intact material is sent to be recycled

The Energy Recovery Process

Your material is collected by our Euro 6 fleet

The waste is tipped into our solar-powered MRF

Each material is segregated at our specialised facility

Unsalvageable materials are sent to energy from waste facilities for recovery

Energy recovered from your waste is fed back into the National Grid

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