A GOOD PLACE TO PUT PLASTIC WASTE? IN OUR SHOES
Around the world, nearly a million plastic beverage bottles are sold every minute. Thirty-five billion plastic bottles are thrown away every year (and that’s just bottles). Each one will take at least 450 years to degrade on its own. We just don’t have time for that.
Luckily, more and more companies are discovering that using recycled materials in their products can create great stuff with a lighter footprint. And we should know because we’re one of those companies. And we're finding more and more ways to work them into different parts of our boots, sandals, and shoes.
GOING CIRCULAR WITH SHOEMAKING
Here at KEEN, we're looking forward to the circular economy. (What’s the circular economy? It’s just what it sounds like—rather than a linear economy that turns raw materials into products, then disposes of those products, and then does it all over again, the circular economy is about finding ways to make products that can be endlessly recycled, repurposed, and reused. The more of our economy we can transition to circular systems, the less waste we’ll ultimately generate.)
