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Used recycled materials in Via

A third-party article said YORK Athletics made its Via hiking sneaker with recycled ocean-bound plastics for the upper material. It also said the shoe used an Ecostep outsole from Vibram, a sole maker, and that the outsole contained at least 30% recycled material. The article described the Via as the brand’s most sustainable product at the time. This is a product-level step, not proof of a full company-wide sustainability plan.

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Worked with Oceanworks

YORK Athletics worked with Oceanworks, a materials marketplace that sources recycled plastic, on the Via shoe. According to the article, Oceanworks helped create the upper material from recycled ocean-bound plastics collected off the coast of Asia. This points to an effort to use waste-based inputs in one product. The available material does not show whether the same approach is used across the wider product range.

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Used recycled Vibram outsole

The Via also used a Vibram Ecostep outsole, which the article said was made with at least 30% recycled material. Vibram is a well-known outsole maker, so this suggests YORK chose a supplier with a recycled-content material option for part of the shoe. The source does not give a full life-cycle analysis, so it is not possible to tell how much this reduced the shoe’s total footprint.

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