Are Your Running Shoes Ruining the Planet?
Sure they’re purty, but are they running down the planet? (SRN photo)
Last week, there was a flurry of stories on the environmental impact of a pair or running shoes.
The UK Guardian’s headline of Running shoes leave large carbon footprint, study shows, was pretty typical.
The MIT study found that the manufacture of a pair of Asics Gel Kayanos produces 30 pounds of CO2 emissions.
The study also found that most of these emissions came from the manufacturing process rather than the sourcing of the materials. Since billions of running shoes are sold each year, there is certainly reason and room to improve.