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POST-USED SHOES RECOVERY IN FOOTWEAR

INDUSTRY AND OTHER APPLICATIONS

NATURALISTA

Europe’s annual footwear consumption amounts to 2,600 million pairs, which means that about 1.5
million tones/year of footwear end up in urban dumping sites. The action to be implemented
addresses the reuse of postused shoes and footwear waste and its utilization in new products by
means of a mechanical treatment of footwear waste. Used footwear will be collected and, after a
grinding treatment by means of cutting into pieces, screening, and separation of metallic elements,
a milling compound will be obtained. This will be used by the partners as a filler in polymeric
formulations for the manufacture of footwear soles (Gumplast) and insoles (Procalçado), floorings
(Regutec - sports areas, playgrounds, roads, etc.) and road safety articles (JG). Both INVULSA and
TPSP will use these soles and insoles for the manufacturing of recycled shoes thus using post-used
shoes. Apart from that, a certification process will be implemented by the use of an eco-label, which
will mark, identify and certify those products that incorporate this footwear grinding compound.

Benefits
Valorisation of post-used shoes (waste) by footwear grinding and incorporating it into various
polymeric products. The circle will be closed by using this waste for footwear manufacturing.

Results
- Manufacturing of Recycled shoes made up of products coming from post-used shoes
- New grinding systems to obtain a milling compound
- New products of footwear sector (soles and insoles) that use recycled post-used shoes
- New products of other sectors (flooring, safety articles) that use recycled post-used shoes
- Use of a certification method by the use of eco-labels for the identification of recycled
products

Partners and coordinator

INYECTADOS Y VULCANIZADOS S.A. [1] Spain
GUMPLAST PODHALE L.L.C. [2] Poland
JOAQUIN GALLARDO E HIJOS S.L. [3] Spain
TPSP - TODO PARA SUS PIES S.L. [4] Spain
PROCALCADO -Produtora de Componentes para Calcado, S.A [5] Portugal
REGUTEC [6] Czech Republic
Contact
INYECTADOS Y VULCANIZADOS S.A.
Lugar Barrio Moreta, 0 S/N
26570 QUEL (LA RIOJA) La Rioja
Spain

Contact point

Name: Mr José Luis Marin

E-mail: jluis@the-art-company.com

Tel: +34941403367

Budget
Overall budget: 883.531,00 € (EU contribution: 50,00 %)

Key documents
Project Fact File [7]
DOC 36 KB

In brief
Sector: Recycling

Duration: 01/09/2010 to 31/08/2012

Contract number: ECO/09/256025

Website: http://www.eco-naturalista.eu

Tags:

footwear
recycling

Media coverage
Impronta ecologica, anche quella delle scarpe può essere migliorata [8]
greenreport.it - 23/09/2013

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