Reporters hid tracking devices in shoes that were supposed to be recycled, and they ended up at a market in Indonesia instead
In 2021, the US chemical company Dow and Singapore's government promised to transform the rubber from old shoes into playground and running-track surfaces.a team of Reuters reporters hid tracking devices
The news service concealed Bluetooth trackers in the interior soles of the sneakers and then followed the shoes for months on a smartphone app that showed their movements in real time. Dow completed its own investigation with other sponsors of the program after Reuters reported its findings. Dow did not explain to Reuters why a used-clothing exporter was hired for the program in the first place, nor did it disclose how many shoes had been collected and recycled in the program. A 2021The company told Reuters the shoe-recycling program was making progress, citing two sports facilities under construction in Singapore set to use old-shoe material in its surfaces.
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