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mardi gras Retail Store. SHOP NOW. Your one-stop-shop for all your carnival needs! Store Hours Monday - Friday 9am - 3pm. SHOP NOW. Paragon Industries. Mardi Gras Bead Recycling Program. 0 Recycling isn't exactly the right word for what happens to New Orleans' Mardi Gras beads. Aside from those used for art projects, they aren't being melted down and turned into something new. Mardi Gras Beads. If you’re real crafty, you can upcycle the beads into future costumes and wreaths. If crafting isn’t your game, then you need to donate them to ArcGNO. ArcGNO takes your unwanted Mardi Gras throws and turns them into jobs. They employ people with intellectual disabilities to sort through, repackage, and resell your The ArcGNO Mardi Gras Recycle Center (MGRC) can arrange for the delivery and pick-up of recycle bins. To host a drive email or call the MGRC at 504-324-1919. Learn More With the help of the Recycle Dat Coalition partners, the City recycled 1,475 pounds of aluminum, 1,500 pounds of glass, and 11,535 pounds of Mardi Gras beads and throws during the 2023 Carnival Season. Help us by doing your part to make Mardi Gras more sustainable. For more information about Recycle Dat 2025 initiatives, visit https Several groups in the New Orleans area offer bead recycling in an effort to cut down on Mardi Gras waste. Mardi Gras produces tons of garbage — up to 2.6 million pounds each year in New Orleans After mister throws you something, where do Mardi Gras beads go? Sure you keep some for souvenirs, but every year 25 million pounds of used Mardi Gras beads are thrown away. Save the commemorative medallions and blinky lights and let us help you figure out what to do with all of the rest. Carnival Recycling, LLC was created by a family of Historic Home Contractors out of appreciation of Mardi Gras, Architecture, and their Sustainability. We hope to help by reducing waste through offering sustainable wood throws and recycled plastic beads thrown last Mardi Gras. New Orleans is full of beautiful architecture. If you’re not the crafty type, here is a list of recycling centers that accept beads year round. Keep in mind that 25 million pounds of used Mardi Gras beads are thrown away annually. Do your part. Jesuit will be collecting Mardi Gras beads to donate to St. Michael School for recycling purposes. The adult clients at the Joy Activity Center at St. Michael’s are responsible for sorting the beads, preparing them for resale. Donations can be All beads collected through this partnership will be donated to Arc GNO, a local organization that provides employment opportunities to people with intellectual disabilities by sorting, packaging, and reselling Mardi Gras beads and throws. Recycling programs not only reduce the environmental impact of Mardi Gras, but also provide vocational training and wage-earning jobs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. ArcGNO. For over 30 years, ArcGNO has created wage-earning jobs for individuals with intellectual disabilities by recycling Mardi Gras throws. A Recycle Dat location collects beads and recycled materials in Harmony Circle in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. The city of New Orleans coordinated with Grounds Krewe, Glass Half Full and February 1 – March 15, 2025 Let the good times roll and then roll right to Mississippi Aquarium to recycle those unused and unwanted beads! We celebrate all season long by lighting up the iconic sails Purple, Green, and Gold AND recycling Mardi Gras beads! Arc of Greater New Orleans accepts beads at various locations throughout the New Orleans Metro. NOLA.com has more specific information. St. Michael Special School in New Orleans is in need of bead donations for this St. Patrick's Day and next Mardi Gras. Many smaller organizations may accept beads for recycling as part of their community service. ArcGNO’s Mardi Gras Recycle Center can arrange for the delivery and pick-up of recycle bins. To host a drive, contact the Recycle Center at 504-369-4033. Anna Nguyen, with the city's Office of Resilience and Sustainability, says waste like beads, plastic, and glass bottles can be recycled. She says there are ways to have a more sustainable Mardi Gras. - February 19, 2025 -For Immediate Release Preparing For A Cleaner, Greener Mardi GrasMobile, Ala. —?Carnival Season Brings Thousands Of Revelers Downtown To Enjoy Parades, Balls, And Other Festivities. It Also Brings Thousands Of Pounds Of Trash, Most Of Which Ends Up On Our Streets And Sidewalks, And Far Too Much Of Which Enters The Storm Drains And Eventually Our Waterways. A Few Years Now that the Mardi Gras parades have ended for the year, Audubon Nature Institute has a way for parade-goers to responsibly recycle all those beads they caught during Carnival season. Mardi Gras bead collection boxes are located at the front gate at Audubon Zoo and at the Audubon Louisiana Nature Center for the public to drop off beads for recyc
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