Trainers made from bus seats!

Jan 2 2009 by Joanne Douglas, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

THERE’S plenty of life yet in Yorkshire’s old buses!

A novel recycling scheme has seen fabric from old bus seats being used to make fashionable trainers.

A recycling company has used the seat covers to create limited edition stylish footwear.

First Bus have joined forces with Transport Recycling in Partnership (TRiP), a firm that uses unusual materials to make trainers.

The limited edition basketball-style trainers also include tyre rubber from First buses.

Commercial director for First, Richard Harris, said: “I hope to see Yorkshire’s streets full of people wearing our bus seat covers on their feet.”

Robert Taylor-Read, project director for TriP, said: “With First’s help we have produced some of the greenest trainers on the market.

“Not only are the uppers made from restored bus seat fabrics, the soles contain recycled tyre rubber.