The Portuguese company Vapesol, which manufactures more than five million pairs of soles yearly (according to its website), has teamed with the nitril glove company Raclac to produce of footwear soles from industrial waste. Raclac claims to be the only manufacturer of nitril examination gloves in Europe. Waste from its production now goes to Vapesol, which incorporates the blue nitril material into its recycled nitril gloves soles. Besides the new sole technology, Vapesol also offers biodegradable soles and styles with recycled content of different grades.
