Running On Recycled Cork

If you had 130 million wine corks lying around, what would you use them for?

Sustainable running insole brand, SOLE, and its innovative cork recycling program, ReCORK, have successfully diverted more than 130 million used wine corks from going to waste (and the landfill). The corks are being recycled in SOLE’s latest ultra sustainable insole, the Performance Medium with Met Pad. This innovation in performance insoles is designed with targeted forefoot support to go the distance, minimizing impact to athlete’s bodies, and to the environment. The footbeds are engineered with a recycled cork supportive base, a sustainable and renewable material that is carbon-negative, biodegradable and compostable. Cork’s natural elasticity makes for excellent shock absorption while custom-molding to each person’s unique feet. The result is a sophisticated footbed with a remarkable carbon-negative environmental footprint that removes more carbon from the atmosphere than it adds.

Athletes will love the added comfort in the forefoot and overall performance optimization offered by this new product that combines the best in both sustainability and support. Wine not included. —Vita Daily

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