When shoes are too used to be passed along to someone else or to a charity, they've always ended up in a landfill. Not anymore. A group of British scientists has come up with a low-cost way to easily separate the materials so that each can be recycled and end up in things like playground surfacing or new shoes: http://zeenews.india.com/news/science/now-recycle-your-old-shoes_885430.html
Team leader Shahin Rahimifard explains how it's done (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAH0K7porxw
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