Julie Lewis, an enthusiastic environmentalist, established the DEJA footwear company in 1990. This outsole, which the firm donated to the Smithsonian a few years later, is 50% virgin rubber and 50% recycled material.
Ref: “She’s brewing up some eco-safe shoes,” Chicago Tribune (Feb. 28, 1993), p. F4.
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