Mike Engelhart's Sneaker Recycling Project a Success!

Judge Mike Engelhart put together a sneaker recycling drive at the Harris County Courthouse complex in May and June.  The effort was in collaboration with the Nike Reuse-a-Shoe program.  Mike called it "Harris County Shoe Mania 2010," along the lines of his companion program, Styromania 2009, and the upcoming, Styromania 2010 Styrofoam recycling project.  Said the Judge, "the courthouse staff at the civil, criminal and family-law courthouses were really responsive, and we collected more than 100 pairs of sneakers.  The sneakers have been dropped off at the Nike Outlet in Katy, Texas, and will shortly be on their way to Nike in Oregon, where they'll be ground up to make playground flooring and track and field surfaces."

Here are some photos of the results of the drive's sneaker haul.

"The sneakers don't have to be Nike's; they can be any brand, but they have to be sneakers.  We received some regular shoes, too, which Nike won't accept, but we dropped those off at Goodwill," the Judge added.

Styromania 2010 is coming up during the December 2010 holiday season.  Start setting aside your Styrofoam packaging today, and stay tuned!

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