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How many shoes does it take to make a tennis court? Not your common, everyday question, is it? On average a surface comprises of 10-20% of the grind according to weight. A tennis court generally uses 2500 pairs of shoes. Full soccer pitches and running tracks use about 75,000 pairs of shoes. Most of the other facilities surfaced use 2500 Nike Mercurial Victory VIII TF Soccer Shoes Sale pairs.

As can be seen from the figures, the Reuse-a-Shoe programme is a very effective shoe recycling method. Nike has a huge influence in the world of sport. They sponsor any number of athletes, most notably Tiger Woods and Roger Federer, Cheap Nike Mercurial Victory VIII FG Black Green Football Boots and many major sporting events. They have received a lot of flak for the large sums of money they spend on their representatives, while their laborers in India work in sweatshop conditions for a pitiful wage. But it seems they are determined to make up for any shortcomings as a company by doing what they can for the environment and the upliftment of communities. Notoriously influential and powerful, they are now an example to other major companies as leaders in meeting their recycling responsibilities.