>I loved the inquiry on recycling shoes. Who throws away NUMEROUS PAIRS of
>shoes EACH YEAR? Either she is a hyperperipatetic octopod, or she needs a
>shoe polish kit (it's like trading in your car when the floor mats need
>vacuuming). This seems not to be a recycling issue, but an obsessive
>consumption issue. Twelve Steps are called for (which unfortunately may
>lead to even more shoes being trashed before their time, since she evidently
>does very few more than twelve steps per pair in the first place). Start
>with acknowledging a Higher Power -- the power of advertising. Then,
>promise to stay away from Papagallo. Etc.
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>Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 14:57:09 PST
>From: "Cortney Cable" <cjcable@hotmail.com>
>To: greenyes@earthsystems.org
>Subject: [GRRN] Recylcing shoes
>Message-ID: <19991123225709.28083.qmail@hotmail.com>
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>I am interested in recycling shoes. Does anybody have any information or
>know who I could contact to find out about doing this? I have numerous pairs
>
>of shoes that I throw away each year and I would like to stop doing this.
>Any thoughts or ideas would be helpful.
>
>Thanks,
>Cortney Cable
>
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