If you are interested in an eco-friendly shoe that isn’t made out of hemp and gummy rubbers that you can actually play ball in, then Nike’s got your back. The Trash Talk shoe is one of a kind at the performance end of true athletic footwear. Reusing ground foam from their factories to construct the sole and new 3D design in sewing technology to overlap fabric sections minimizing the need for toxic glues, the Trash Talks are backed by Phoenix Sun’s star Steve Nash and meets Nike’s new Considered criteria for sustainable gear. In fact, the uppers are also constructed of waste material from shoe production making the Trash Talk shoe live up to its name. Nike has used a little design ingenuity to make simple and effective solutions to waste reduction (not to mention save them some loot in material costs!).

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