What difference can the shoes off your feet make? Picture this: since we started Reuse-A-Shoe in 1990, we've collected more than 21 million pairs – in other words, enough to create a chain of athletic shoes that goes all the way around the world almost four times.

Reusing old athletic shoes also decreases the need for virgin rubber and other materials, decreasing the environmental impact of using new materials when building courts, tracks, fields and playgrounds.

But the impact of Reuse-A-Shoe goes beyond keeping old kicks out of the trash. As one of Nike's longest-running environmental programs, Reuse-A-Shoe has been blazing the trail for product sustainability and environmentally preferred business practices since 1990. See our timeline to learn more about the history of Reuse-A-Shoe, or read more about our mission.