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Smelly sneakers go for a good causego for a good cause

Smelly sneakers go for a good causego for a good cause: Imagine the worst smells you can and you have a sense of what the scent was like in eight area schools in Erie County during a recycling project involving stinky sneakers.

Reuse-A-Shoe, a program sponsored by Erie County Recycling and shoe manufacturer Nike, was introduced at the schools this year and resulted in untold, putrid mounds of shoes being collected, but all for a good reason, said Sue Hardy, Erie County Solid Waste Management district coordinator.

''I think it was very much a success for a pilot program,'' said Hardy.

She estimated several thousand gunky pairs of shoes were collected for recycling. To add an aroma of interest in the program, a ''Stinkiest Shoe'' contest was held in each school, said Hardy.

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