Singapore to tighten shoe recycling controls after Reuters report

FILE PHOTO: Reuters reporter Joe Brock holds a child's shoe next to rubber he removed from the shoe's sole, at the Reuters office in Singapore, September 7, 2022. Joseph Campbell

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore shoe recycling project will be subject to surprise inspections following a Reuters investigation that found footwear it donated to the scheme was not recycled, Singapore's minister of culture said on Monday.

U.S. petrochemicals giant Dow Inc and Sport Singapore, a government agency, had pledged that the shoes would be ground down to make playgrounds and running tracks.