Old athletic shoes get new life

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - Thursday, November 15 is America Recycles Day!

TREES, Incorporated is holding a week-long collection of unwanted athletic shoes.

Each pair will be reused or recycled.

Newer shoes will be given to Catholic Charities or Goodwill Industries to be reused.

Worn out shoes will be sent to Nike for full recycling into indoor and outdoor playing surfaces like tennis courts, running tracks, football fields, or gymnasium floors. Some will also be sent to Goodwill for a group that accepts very worn shoes and distributes them to help victims in the aftermath of natural disasters.

People willing to contribute athletic shoes can drop them off at four different locations:

• The Vigo County Public Library lobby at Seventh and Poplar Streets
• Terre Haute Firehouse north at 13 ^th Street and Fort Harrison Road at the west end of Plaza North Shopping Center
• Terre Haute Firehouse south at East Margaret Avenue where it dead ends into Highway 63 South
• Terre Haute Firehouse east on Fruitridge Avenue just north of the gateway to Deming Park