Member Businesses of the GREEN LIGHT DISTRICT are teaming up with local organizations, The ARC of Greater New Orleans and PHOENIX RECYCLING to sponsor plastic, paper, aluminum and bead recycling on the 2000-2100 blocks (St. Andrew to Jackson Avenue) of Magazine St. during the Irish Channel Parade on March 17, 2012.

Parade goers and members of the community will have the opportunity to recycle their Mardi Gras beads in bins that will line the 2000-2100 blocks of Magazine St. The beads will then be recycled by THE ARC OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS, a local non-profit whose bead recycling/ selling efforts are well known and part of their fund raising efforts aimed at benefitting their clients-members of the community with intellectual disabilities. PHOENIX RECYCLING is a local private recycling company operating in the Greater New Orleans area since 2007. To date, PHOENIX RECYCLING has recycled over 9 million pounds of local materials. PHOENIX will provide several large bins for recycling of plastic, paper and aluminum.

The Irish Channel Parade is an annual event dating back to 1947 that celebrates St. Patrick’s Day and rolls each year through the Lower Garden District beginning at Felicity Street and Magazine and travels down Jackson and St. Charles Avenue and makes it final loop on Louisiana Avenue returning back down Magazine St. For more information on The Irish Channel St. Patrick’s Day Parade, visit their website at www.irishchannelno.org

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