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by bee_rider 1212 days ago
I would not be that surprised to hear that the average Indonesian is less picky than the average Westerner WRT shoes, and so I’m sure they are getting plenty of extra life out of those shoes, which is absolutely great!

But the shoes do ultimately have a finite lifespan. It isn’t obvious how Dow is planning to track the shoes through their second, apparently grey-market life, to fulfill their part of the deal. They said the things will end up recycled. If they can’t fulfill that promise they should stop lying.