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Keep Franklin County Beautiful
1335 Dublin Road
Suite 200-A
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614.485.9007
Fax: 614.485.9020
Email: [email protected]
Part of KFCB’s mission is to promote recycling in Franklin County. KFCB provides information to people who want to know about recycling and where to take recyclables.
Athletic Shoe Recycling
Keep Franklin County Beautiful is participating with the National Recycling Coalition (NRC) and Nike in the Nike Reuse-A-Shoe program. The program, which recycles and grinds athletic footwear and turns them into sports surfaces, enables each participating organization to collect more 5,000 pairs of recycled athletic footwear within a year.
Recycling Guidelines
Any athletic shoe brand is acceptable
No metal (i.e. cleats or eyelets)
Not in plastic or paper bags and shoe laces not tied together
Sport sandals and casual shoes are not acceptable
No muddy or wet shoes accepted
Athletic Shoe Recycling
Games Underground
1242 W. 5th Ave, Columbus (Grandview Area), 481-3114
Finland Elementary School
1835 Finland Ave., Columbus, 801-8125
World Gym Fitness and Nutrition Center
4217 Shoppers Lane, Columbus, 276-3550
Second Sole
28 N. Sandusky St ., Delaware , OH 43015, 740-369-0622
To organize a large collection or to drop-off 30 pairs of more, please contact us at 485-9007 for details.
Organization Collection Information
Click here for the reuse a shoe school challenge flier.
Click here for a Word Document flyer to advertise your collection. The flyer has a text box at the bottom to fill in your collection information.
Click here for a press release by KFCB about the program and partnership with Nike and the NRC.
Participating Businesses/Organizations
Inkjet and Toner Cartridge Recycling
KFCB has an inkjet and toner cartridge recycling program administered by SmartRecycle, a local recycler of the cartridges. The program is free to participants and KFCB receives a portion of the proceeds to expand our educational programs and outreach in the community. To participate in the recycling program, visit www.smartrecycle.com to sign up.
Participating Businesses/Organizations
AEC Cadeon
Architecture! Ohio
Bemard Haldane Associates
City of Bexley
City of Upper Arlington
City of Whitehall
City of Worthington
Creative Socio-Medics
Electromedia, Inc.
Fish & White
Franklin County Board of Health
Games Underground
Lantz, Jones, & Nebraska
The McGraw-Hill Companies
Nationwide
OSU Department of Anthropology
Plaskolite
Prairie Township
Dr. Prestera’s Office
Property One Management
Target
illage of New Albany
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