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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. 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. 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. She says there are ways to have a more sustainable Mardi Gras. Nguyen said, "We're recycling beads and throws all along the route." She went on to say, "Every year more than two million pounds of 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 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 Mardi Gras beads hanging on a fence along Napoleon St. in New Orleans. . Photo: aluminum beverage cans go from recycling bin to a newly formed can in less than 60 days.” It's an added plus 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. 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 Audubon Nature Institute Staff in with bead recycling shirts. March 2022 Audubon Nature Institute is committed to keeping Mardi Gras beads out of landfills and away from nature. Take action and bring your Mardi Gras beads to be recycled responsibly at Audubon Zoo or Audubon Aquarium. 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: Our store has one of the largest inventories of Mardi Gras party supplies found anywhere. Your choices for Mardi Gras beads are endless! We have them in all shapes, sizes, lengths, and colors. We have a huge selection of themes and designs in our specialty beads with more than 300 hand-strung beads to choose from. I don’t reside in “The Big Easy,” but I do live in “The Big Guava,” a.k.a. Tampa, Florida. We don’t have the Mardi Gras parade, but we do host an annual pirate festival called Gasparilla — which celebrates the arrival of a mythical pirate named Jose Gaspar who comes into town every year with his band of buccaneers to invade the city. Update: The ArcGNO will be removing several of the semi- permanent drop-off boxes on Friday (March 8). This list has been updated to show current bead drop-off locations. 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! Mardi Gras beads are collected at The Arc Gateway’s Administration building (3932 N. 10th Avenue) and at our Pollak Industries Center (2313 Truman Avenue) and can be dropped off Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Announcing our new partnership! 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. Specialties: Buy recycled beads here! We sell Mardi Gras year round. You can buy: Pearl, chunky, or twisty throw beads Specialty beads Krewe throws Plush, balls, spears, doubloons, and other trinkets Costumes Collectibles And much more! Crawfish sacks and singles available. Buying carnival throws with ArcGNO creates a greener New Orleans while also creating jobs for people with intellectual Mardi Gras Beads-n-More is a LARC Enterprise, which creates jobs and opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities. The bead store hours are Monday-Friday from 9am-2:30 pm. It is here you will find LARC individuals sorting through beads. They are first measured by size then bundled into a dozen of the same size/length. The Problem with Mardi Gras Waste. From discarded beads to single-use cups, the waste generated during Mardi Gras is staggering. In just 11 days of parades, 2.5 million pounds of trash are swept from the streets . Items, particularly plastic beads, can clog storm drains, contribute to flooding, and take centuries to decompose.
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