Making Strides Toward More Sustainable Shoes
b'One of the keys to cracking the code of footwear sustainability is reducing and managing waste. Currently, about 90 percent of shoes end up in landfills, where they begin to break down, but never fully decompose due to the materials used.\\nThis problem informs innovation at insole manufacturer and supplier OrthoLite. \\u201cHow can we develop true end of life solutions for footwear\\u2014focused on product and process\\u2014to ensure that we are providing true circular solutions so that footwear has a place to go versus a landfill,\\u201d said Kristin Burrows, OrthoLite\\u2019s chief brand officer.\\nIn a conversation with Kate Nishimura, features editor at Sourcing Journal, Burrows discusses how OrthoLite is tackling footwear waste and why recycling isn\\u2019t the absolute solution for sustainability.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'