A Reuters investigation found that several pairs of shoes meant for recycling were instead exported to Indonesia for sale.
SINGAPORE: The partners of a Singapore shoe recycling programme, led by government agency Sport Singapore and US petrochemicals giant Dow, have apologised for a"lapse" that resulted in donated footwear being exported overseas for sale.
A recent Reuters investigation found that several pairs of shoes donated by the news agency in 2022 ended up in Indonesia, with some put up for sale in markets and bazaars.According to the Reuters report, which was published on Saturday , none of the 11 pairs of shoes it donated was turned into exercise paths or kids’ parks in Singapore.
One shoe of each pair was implanted with a thin, round Bluetooth tracking device. To place these discs, Reuters removed the insole of the shoe, cut a shallow cavity into the sole, fitted the tracker into the hollow, then replaced the insole to hide it. "The findings confirmed that the supply chain was compromised at Yok Impex’s premises where the aggregation of the shoe bins in parallel with Yok Impex’s sorting activities resulted in some shoes being extracted for resale instead of recycling."A worker sorts through piles of second-hand shoes at a warehouse owned by Yok Impex.
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