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Turning tires into fashionable footwear

By Jackelyn Prager, CNN

Published 5:40 AM EDT, Fri March 14, 2025

Turning tires into fashionable footwear

Kevine Kagirimpundu created the eco-friendly shoe brand Uzuri K&Y with her friend Ysolde Shimwe. So far, the shoe company says it has removed 10 tons of tires from landfills in Rwanda.

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