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Shoes that make you ‘Think’ green, walk green, live green!

‘Necessity is the mother of all inventions’, truly – and the latest essentiality is the environment, therefore, going green is the newest excuse for all inventions. With designers headed the greener way, many problems of the environment could sometime soon be the worries of the past.
‘Think‘ is one solution to that many above. Bought a latest pair of total 90 or some other sneaker, amazing texture and feel, indeed – but where would it land up, when it’s old and tattered – yes, you got that right, in the trash, where else! But have you ever wondered why? It is because of the adhesive used in the manufacture that forbids recycling.
Think, is a thought of designer Ben Chappell, it is a modular trainer/shoe concept that uses mechanical locks instead of the adhesives, which allows for each part of the shoe to be removed and recycled.


A self-assembled shoe in three variations of each part, Think allows you to organize it accordingly. Easy to be recycled, the trainer can be constantly updated with the mechanical locks according to your taste and match.
There is an encouraging green solution here to encourage recycling amongst the customers, retailers will run a take back scheme wherein the customers would get special discounts on the next purchase, when they return an old part of the trainer. This is so much in a shoe that I don’t think any green enthusiast wouldn’t grab when it is up.
[Source: Yankodesign]