In the fight to recycle used clothing and accessories, footwear has long been an obstacle in the process. Of the 20 billion shoes that are produced each year, a whopping 95% end up in a landfill. But now, a recently developed recycling process looks set to revolutionize the footwear recycling world. This system is to separate the upper material from the rubber and transform it all into tiny granules, which means that your old smelly sneakers could become part of a new one. Report by Indumentaria Online (in Spanish)