A leisure centre in Hemel Hempstead has joined forces with the JogOn campaign to help keep one million pairs of running shoes out of landfill.
Hemel Hempstead Leisure Centre, run by operator Everyone Active in partnership with Dacorum Borough Council, is now hosting a collection bin where members of the local community can drop off their unwanted running shoes.
These are then sent to JogOn, who liaise with partners to ensure that reusable pairs are sent around the world to people who most need them, with the help of charities and non-governmental organisations.
JogOn estimates that every year in the UK alone, more than 30 million pairs of shoes end up in landfill, while elsewhere in the world around three million people suffer from sole-related diseases.
Steve Cox, Everyone Active’s contract manager, said: “We would encourage people of all ages to donate their unwanted running shoes so that they can experience a second life.
“It’s just a matter of dropping the shoes into collection bins at our centres and Everyone Active and JogOn will do the rest.”
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