A Mountain of Used Clothes Appeared in Chile’s Desert. Then It Went Up in Flames

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Sneakers are bad for the environment and super difficult to recycle. We visited a company that claims it found a solution.

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Danny Pormes and Erna Pordes-Redecker work at FastFeetGrinded, their shoe recycling company.
Danny Pormes and Erna Pordes-Redecker work at FastFeetGrinded, their shoe recycling company.

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Kanye West's Yeezy reveals its first shoe since Adidas dropped him over his antisemitic remarks

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Ye made the anouncment in a post on X.

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Kanye West drew a swastika at a Yeezy meeting with Adidas and told a Jewish manager to kiss a photo of Hitler, report says

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Kanye West arrives at a Balenciaga show in New York City last year.

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Adidas cut ties with Ye a year ago, but the controversies keep coming. Here's a history of the brand's decade-long relationship with Kanye West.

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In 2013, Adidas announced a partnership with Kanye West, now known as Ye.

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The Adidas team working with Kanye West was given subscriptions to a meditation app and regularly had group-therapy-like sessions to deal with the stress

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The Adidas and Yeezy logos and Kanye West.

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These Brands Are Still Going Down With NFT’s Sinking Ship

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There’s been a lot of talk recently about NFTs, mainly that the vast majority of them are now damn near worthless.

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Foot Locker reportedly refused to stock Yeezys for Adidas' relaunch of Kanye West's shoe brand over fears of a backlash

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Foot Locker on Monday announced a new business plan called
Foot Locker.

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Adidas plans to keep 'carefully' moving more Yeezy stock after making $437 million from its first post-Kanye West sale

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Ye, also known as Kanye West, at the announcement of his partnership with Adidas in 2016.

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With or without Ye, Yeezys sell faster than Adidas can handle

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The Adidas and Yeezy logos and Kanye West.

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