It is the policy of the Kinney Shoe Corporation to reduce all types of waste toward a zero goal. In the cement construction method, shoes are cut from textiles, leather, pressed fibre, plastics and rubber. Shoe parts are then stitched together and formed on the plastic mold of a foot.
Heat reactivates each part and the parts are pressed together in a sole press.
In addition, the WBA is solvent resistant, so the shoes are now cleaned with a natural crepe rubber eraser, further reducing solvent use at the facility.