Funny thing about that Nike shoe recycling program, a tire factory in my city in the middle of the Canadian prairies just signed a contract with Nike to grind up the soles of the old shoes to convert into usable rubber products. Probably not the only place in the world that does it for Nike, but weird that it's here.
Also last week the factory caught fire and it was a really gnarly rubber fire and my friend who is an electrician had to go out there and shut off all the power so it wouldn't explode and breathe in gnarly rubber fumes.
And three years ago some 21 year old kid got sucked into the rubber grinder and I'm sure you can guess how that turned out.