Allbirds Environmentally Friendly Footwear

The U.S. Department of the Interior reported that in the United States alone, Americans throw away at least 300 million pairs of shoes each year. Waste360 writes that "[t]hese shoes end up in landfills, where they can take 30 to 40 years to decompose" (Waste360). Shoes are often made of several different materials and are a difficult item to recycle. The company Allbirds "uses a medium proportion of eco-friendly materials including Tencel. It implements initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its manufacturing. Its use of eco-friendly materials limits the amount of chemicals and wastewater used in production" (Good On You). Allbirds offers a variety of shoes of which average around $100 per pair. By purchasing Allbirds shoes as an alternative to other non-sustainable brands, we can minimize shoe waste and recycle our shoes instead of sending them to the landfill.

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