Bring your worn out, broken, or just plain painful flip-flops to the store any time until May 21. An international recycling company is collecting used flip-flops at all Old Navy clothing stores until May 21. The program started on Earth Day. The flip-flops will come out on the other end as ground covering for public playgrounds—those rubber-like surfaces that save teeth, knees and arms when children take a fall. Betsy King, the district manager for Old Navy in the St. Louis region, said that four playgrounds will be built and filled with the recycled flip-flops. King said there's no word yet on which communities those playgrounds will be built in.

Old Navy Wants to Use Your Flip Flops to Build Playgrounds Between April 22 and May 21 Old Navy will be accepting used flip-flops, and in honor of Earth Day, TerraCycle will recycle them into playgrounds. Find out how your feet can reduce your carbon footprint while contributing to recycling fun on Westminster Patch.

Old Navy Wants to Use Your Flip Flops to Build Playgrounds Between April 22 and May 21 Old Navy will be accepting used flip-flops, and in honor of Earth Day, TerraCycle will recycle them into playgrounds. Find out how your feet can reduce your carbon footprint while contributing to recycling fun on Westminster Patch.

Of all the shoes you own, it's probably easiest to part with nasty old flip-flops. You didn't pay much for them to begin with, so you don't think twice about tossing them in the trash when they're broken or worn out. But you should think twice. Especially now that you can recycle your flip-flops at any Old Navy store! In an effort to further reduce waste, Old Navy has partnered with TerraCycle, Inc., in a month-long drive to collect used flip-flops and recycle them into four public playgrounds around the country. Stop by any Old Navy store between now and May 21 and deposit your used flip-flops into designated collection bins.

Friday was Earth Day, but there is still time to participate in planet-friendly do-goodery. At Old Navy locations across the country, including here in St. Louis, you can drop off flip-flops to be recycled into playground equipment. (It's no matter if you're dropping them off because they're old and worn out, or if you've finally come to your senses and realized flip-flops are a hideous abomination that should never see the light of day. Old Navy will help turn them into fun for kids either way.) The retailer is partnering with New Jersey-based TerraCycle, a company that specializes in recycling or reusing hard-to-recycle items. In the past, they've collected pens and turned them into trash cans and desk organizers and reworked Capri Sun drink pouches into bags. Megan Yarnall, publicist for TerraCycle, tells us that the flip-flops are shredded and pelletized, and then the plastic is made into playground equipment. "We're going to donate these playground structures to four communities across the country," Yarnall says. The communities haven't been chosen yet, and the collection drive runs until May 21. "It can be any brand, any kind of flip-flop. Not just Old Navy," she says. So you have no excuse. Get those disgusting things out of your closet, but don't landfill them, either. It's a win-win.

Hazleton, Luzerne County - Your old, beat-up flip-flops could get a new life. Old Navy stores across the country have started their first-ever flip-flop recycling drive. People at the Laurel Mall store tossed their old flip-flops. The company partnered with a New Jersey based recycling company to collect the summer sandals. "They will be kept out of the landfills and they're actually going to be made into safety flooring for playgrounds," said Old Navy Merchandising Specialist, Lisa Molendini. Flip-flops can be recycled at the Laurel Mall Old Navy location until May 21st.

Of all the shoes you own, it's probably easiest to part with nasty old flip-flops. You didn't pay much for them to begin with, so you don't think twice about tossing them in the trash when they're broken or worn out. But you should think twice. Especially now that you can recycle your flip-flops at any Old Navy store! In an effort to further reduce waste, Old Navy has partnered with TerraCycle, Inc., in a month-long drive to collect used flip-flops and recycle them into four public playgrounds around the country. Stop by any Old Navy store between now and May 21 and deposit your used flip-flops into designated collection bins. This is the first time a nationwide retailer has initiated a large-scale effort to collect and recycle flip-flops.

I love TerraCycle!  From turning Capri Sun and other drink pouches into purses to recycling Solo plastic cups, TerraCycle makes it fun and easy to recycle items that are normally difficult to recycle. Now TerraCycle has teamed up with Old Navy for their Flip-Flop Brigade!   Old flip-flops can be recycled and upcycled into all sorts of things, although they usually wind up in landfills.   It's super easy to donate your old flip-flops.  It doesn't matter if they're dirty, broken, or very worn -- all you have to do is stop by an Old Navy store and drop them in a box near the front of the store.  After the program is over, Old Navy will send the boxes off to TerraCycle, where they will turn them into playgrounds!  A few schools or community organizations who participate in TerraCycle Brigades will be the recipients of these upcycled playgrounds.

Old Navy Wants to Use Your Flip Flops to Build Playgrounds Between April 22 and May 21 Old Navy will be accepting used flip-flops, and in honor of Earth Day, TerraCycle will recycle them into playgrounds. Find out how your feet can reduce your carbon footprint while contributing to recycling fun on Westminster Patch.

Old Navy Wants to Use Your Flip Flops to Build Playgrounds Between April 22 and May 21 Old Navy will be accepting used flip-flops, and in honor of Earth Day, TerraCycle will recycle them into playgrounds. Find out how your feet can reduce your carbon footprint while contributing to recycling fun on Westminster Patch.