Now they're putting seats on the feet
Published Date:
28 November 2008
Fabric from bus seats has been recycled and made into trainers, reversing the usual request for passengers to keep feet off seats.
Transport giant FirstGroup, which operates Calderdale buses, has joined forces with Transport Recycling in Partnership (TRiP) to re-use materials such as seat covers from buses, and trains.
The first product launched is limited edition basketball-style trainers made from materials and tyres from buses and London Underground trains.
Sir Moir Lockhead, chief executive of FirstGroup, said the items had been traditionally thrown away to landfill or incinerated.
"We hope that the good work done by TRiP will inspire and educate others to change their perception of waste and look again at the materials in all of our personal and working lives which we throw away when they still could provide a service to us," he said.
Robert Taylor-Read, projects director at TRiP, said the new trainers had to be one of the greenest on the market, made from 100 per cent waste.
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Last Updated:
28 November 2008 8:56 AM
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