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Footwear Recycling Training
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JUNE 9 - AUGUST 6, 2026
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As the industry faces increasing pressure to innovate sustainably, forward-thinking footwear companies are seeking actionable strategies to reduce waste, recover materials, and meet evolving policy requirements.
Shoe Waste LLC has developed a new approach to understanding footwear waste through its Footwear Recycling Training Program - using comprehensive footwear deconstruction as a tool for shoe recycling and waste management. A specialized, industry-informed curriculum designed to integrate sustainability into every stage of the footwear lifecycle. This professional certification training covers a complex array of topics including Design Principles for End-of-Life, responsible manufacturing, material science, waste management, and clarifies the future of shoe recycling.
Graduates receive a certification in Footwear Waste Management and Circular Economic Studies.
We offer three curriculum models. Each industry-specific model will guide you through a comprehensive understanding of waste from shoes that is in alignment with your organization. Click the arrows to learn more:
(Footwear Professionals) - Empowers Brands, Designers, and Manufacturers to become responsible producers. Cohort group or Company-focused training available.
(Community Organizations) - Encompasses activities that prepare people for an innovative new workforce and skill-building within the recycling ecosystem. Excellent for green job development.
(Educational Institutions) - Education Institutions and their students are offered a new perspective on future industrial opportunities within the circular economy via comprehensive capstone projects.
Learn
Organizations can take our Shoe Deconstruction Training Program that includes our Sustainable Footwear Design, Development & Manufacturing course. Learn how to fully adopt regulations to make change in its system. Learn learn how shoes are made, new technology, and what can be done to curb waste created from shoes.
Grow
Cultivate ideas that are part of a solution. There is an overproduction of footwear in the global market. Gain insight from a community of insiders that want to change industry operations and foster consumer education.
Understanding the waste stream that shoes produce is extremely important when mitigating fashion waste.
Design
Design a new path for the industry. What solutions can we create that will result in true sustainability? Innovation has to solve a problem – not create new ones. Sustainable design is more than organic materials and simple lines.
Most things are not recommended when it comes to recycling and material re-entey. Learn what NOT to do.