Drop off old athletic shoes at a Nike store
When your athletic shoes become worn-out, you probably consider them unusable to other people, too. Even if you can’t donate them, what you can do is drop off your old sneakers – from any brand – at a Nike store.
Nike has a Reuse-A-Shoe program where they will shred old sneakers and turn them into something new, including community basketball courts, play-top surfaces, and running tracks.