[audunw]

Do you think these shoes all end up being recycled in the end?

If not, they're not doing the right thing. It's only good to do it in that order if all steps are followed. It's not "reduce, barely reuse, discard in a landfill or river in east asia".

[smileysteve]

To the contrary, the likely alternative is virgin material in Indonesia, and it's likely that the benefit from ReUse is

1) Paid for by the secondary market (also adds intrinsic value)

2) Carbon savings are likely measured in a number of days than skipping reuse and going straight to recycling