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Recycled laces.
Just about every sportswear brand today appears to have asustainable solutionwhen it comes to workout shoes.
But are plant-based and recycled sneakers actually better for the environment?
But, according to sustainability experts, this is largely lip service.
There really arent any good choices out there.
Thats the problem, saysNancy Landrum, professor of sustainability management at Munich Business School.
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Sure, theres some progress being made.
Or, as a2021 report by RunRepeatput it, eco-sneakers are not going to save the planet.
All theyll do is kill it a little more slowly.
To tackle this, footwear brands are heavily promoting the use of recycled materials.
Whats more, the recycled materials often only make up about 10 percent of an entire shoe.
But that is not enough.
Still, there are some steps in the right direction.
Another issue is companies defining sustainability as purely an environmental measure while ignoring the social and economic impacts.
So howcanshoes be sustainable?
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The question is, when will footwear companies catch on and start building shoes that will last us longer?
Encouraging fewer purchases isnt exactly in the interest of their bottom line.
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