That is incredibly sad. So many Valuable good sneakers.

Poor sneakers! Most of them were still wearable.

BS..."Ready for further processing into rubber mats" 😂🤣You are comparing shredded tyres and rubber to shoes?? Those pieces of chopped shoes are useless now...only plastic and rubber soles can be used, what you have done here is good for the landfill and less space occupied in the garbage truck 😂