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A nonprofit in France is fighting fast-fashion waste, one sneaker at a time
SneakCSurZ collected 30,000 used sneakers last year and aims to triple volumes while creating jobs to cut waste in France’s textile and footwear sectors.
- Hundreds of used sneakers arrive weekly at a SneakCSurZ workshop in Champs-sur-Marne, where workers inspect structural integrity to determine which pairs can be salvaged or must be rejected.
- The textile industry accounts for up to 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to the United Nations, and in France, 259 million pairs of shoes were sold in 2024, per Refashion.
- Workshop manager Paul Defawes Abadie focuses on structural material wear, noting that "Dirt is never a deal breaker" as staff disinfect and whiten eligible footwear under UV light before reuse.
- Last year, SneakCSurZ collected 30,000 pairs, reselling 2,000 and redistributing more than 7,000, while director general Mohamed Boukhatem said they are "the only ones able to industrialize" sneaker reuse processes.
- Over the next three years, the nonprofit aims to triple or quadruple volumes and move to industrial scale, supported by France's 2020 anti-waste law requiring unsold nonfood goods be reused or recycled.
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