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Mardi Gras Bead Recycling Audubon Zoo January 16, 2025 Audubon Nature Institute is committed to keeping Mardi Gras beads out of landfills and away from nature. Bring your Mardi Gras beads to be recycled responsibly at the Front Entrance of Audubon Zoo. This interactive mega-recycling station offers an exclusive look at how Mardi Gras waste—beads, cans, and glass—is being sorted and diverted from landfills in real time. Media will have access to program organizers and special guests to discuss the impact of Mardi Gras recycling efforts so far. The French Quarter Management District (FQMD) will provide 15 hotels in the French Quarter and Downtown with free bead recycling service this Mardi Gras. The recycling program, now in its second year, will be facilitated by Glass Half Full (www.glasshalffull.co). For the third year in a row, the New Orleans Office of Resilience and Sustainability is working hard to make Mardi Gras greener and more sustainable with their “Recycle Dat” program. New Orleans is urging parade-goers to recycle Mardi Gras beads and throws instead of sending them to landfills. Updated: 5:52 PM CST February 26, 2025 "We're recycling beads and throws all 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! Mardi Gras has a reputation for making a lot of trash. Waste can add up to millions of pounds each year. But some Krewes are finding new ways to cut down on their environmental footprint. At the Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads. An initiative to clean beads and other debris off the streets is taking shape after local Mardi Gras parades. By Jason Gregory Published : Feb. 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM CST View the list of participating hotels below or inquire with your hotel’s reception if they are participating in the Glass Half Full and FQMD Mardi Gras beads and throws collections program. 2025 Participating Hotels: Courtyard by Marriott - Downtown Near the French Quarter Courtyard Marriott Iberville French Quarter Hilton Riverside 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 - 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 New Orleans' efforts to reduce Mardi Gras waste and reuse beads and throws have been ongoing for decades and involve a complicated web of community groups, leaders and businesses. Carnival lasts Mardi Gras Season is in full swing but after the fun is done, bring those beads and unwanted throws to Mississippi Aquarium for recycling! Over the years, Mississippi Aquarium has collected tens of thousands of pounds of beads preventing them from entering ecosystems and harming wildlife. 400 North Peters Street, Suite 206 New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 323-5801 info@fqmd.org MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The City of West Monroe and Keep West Monroe Beautiful have partnered for the second year in a row to make provide locations for Mardi Gras bead recycling. Beads may be placed The Twin Cities’ Krewe of Janus Mardi Gras parade will celebrate its 42nd year of Mardi Gras tradition and flavor in the Twin Cities in 2025. The Twin Cities' Krewe of Janus Parade has entertained revelers since 1984 who eagerly gather along the 3.8-mile route through West Monroe and Monroe. The 3rd annual Recycle Dat!, a Mardi Gras Recycling Initiative aimed at creating a more environmentally sustainable Mardi Gras, provides on-route Recycling Stations where parade-goers can drop off beads, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, and glass at any of the 8 recycling hubs open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the day parades of Feb. 22-23 and Introducing ‘Beads for Needs’ – a new program geared toward getting Mardi Gras beads out of the trash while giving Life Skills students the opportunity to build a business from the ground up and become self-sufficient. Each year, Yaga’s Entertainment buys 3 million strands of plastic beads to be thrown during Mardi Gras! The city of New Orleans coordinated with Grounds Krewe, Glass Half Full and the Can Manufacturing Institute to bring the city’s first official Mardi Gras recycling program.
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