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From shipping boxes to wrapping paper to holiday decor, the season is one where trash cans and recycling bins overflow with materials. The good news: it doesn’t have to be this way! Learn how to prevent waste and recycle what you can.
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From shipping boxes to wrapping paper to holiday decor, the season is one where trash cans and recycling bins overflow with materials. The good news: it doesn’t have to be this way! Learn how to prevent waste and recycle what you can.
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From shipping boxes to wrapping paper to holiday decor, the season is one where trash cans and recycling bins overflow with materials. The good news: it doesn’t have to be this way! Learn how to prevent waste and recycle what you can.
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April Showers and All They Bring
We’re bringing Environmental Education online! Check out mini-lessons for students, stuck-at-home DIY projects, and highlights of our partner orgs helping the community.
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April Showers and All They Bring
We’re bringing Environmental Education online! Check out mini-lessons for students, stuck-at-home DIY projects, and highlights of our partner orgs helping the community.
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4 Ways to Help The Green Project During our COVID-19 Closure
Today, we are calling on our community to come together in new ways as we navigate what COVID-19 means for the Green Project and New Orleans as a whole.
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UPDATE: The Green Project is CLOSED until further notice due to COVID-19
In light of the Mayor Cantrell’s proclamation on May 16th directing numerous non-essential businesses in New Orleans to close, it is in the best interest of the Green Project and our community to close beginning Tuesday, 3/17, until further notice.
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The Green Project’s COVID-19 Response
Like every other small business in New Orleans, the Green Project is closely following the COVID-19 outbreak, preparing based on information from the CDC and City of New Orleans, and acting accordingly. Of most importance is the health and safety of our staff and community!
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Paint Donations on hiatus beginning on December 2, 2019
We currently have so much paint that some is going bad while waiting to be recycled—we don’t want that!
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An update from the MakerSpace
Thank you for utilizing the MakerSpace and proving that New Orleans needs a space for creative reuse projects to come to life.
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A Farewell from our Executive Director, Catherine Crowell
After three years at the Green Project, our Executive Director, Catherine Crowell, makes a move to Atlanta.
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FREE paint for New Orleans nonprofits, artists & schools
In partnership with the City of New Orleans Department of Sanitation, the Green Project is reclaiming usable paint from Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day and giving it to nonprofits, artists and residents—free of charge!
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Sustainable Seafood: A Brief Guide as to Why, How and Where to Buy It
From dock to dish, there are many factors that come into play when talking about sustainable seafood. In this guide, we hope to help you understand the importance of buying sustainably, what that entails and where to go.
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Call for Volunteers: Paint Reclamation Program
The Green Project is seeking volunteers to help for the second year of the City of New Orleans Paint Reclamation Project at Household Hazardous Materials (HHM) Collection Day.
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Waste Not this Holiday Season: A Recycling Guide for NOLA
From shipping boxes to wrapping paper to holiday decor, the season is one where trash cans and recycling bins overflow with materials. The good news: it doesn’t have to be this way! Learn how to prevent waste and recycle what you can.
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Household Hazardous Waste: What it is and what to do with it
Properly disposing of Household Hazardous Waste helps keep people and the environment safe from toxic chemicals.
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Welcome to the Green Project: What’s New Here
While our mission remains the same, our new look is meant to better share who we are and what we do.
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TGP participates in the Tricentennial Service Challenge
In recent months, the Green Project has participated in the Tricentennial Service Challenge, a partnership between United Way of Southeast Louisiana, HandsOn New Orleans and NetWork Volunteers that encourages 300,000 hours of service in New Orleans through 300 projects.
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New Orleans upcycler, Jodie Flowers, turns plastic bags into personal treasures
Recycling isn’t just about sorting your plastics into city bins. It’s also about finding new uses for things around the house that would otherwise wind up in the trash.
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The Green Project Announces the Return of Salvations Gala + Auction and a Call for Designers
After a three-year hiatus, the Green Project’s Salvations Gala + Auction fundraiser returns to a new venue this November—City Park’s Arbor Room at Popp Fountain.
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The Green Project Gets “Energy Smart”
This year, The Green Project turned their focus inward, reducing their facility’s greenhouse gas emissions and electricity bill with help from Energy Smart. The Green Project participated in a special volunteer weatherization program for local nonprofits run by an Energy Smart partner, EnergyWise. Through those weatherization efforts, The Green Project reduced drafts in office space and upgraded a standard thermostat to a smart thermostat.
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Passing the torch
After two years at the helm, we will say farewell to The Green Project’s Executive Director, Hailey Allison, this month.
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Free Paint for New Orleans Residents
For the fourth year, The Green Project is partnering with the City of New Orleans Department of Sanitation on a Paint Reclamation Project at Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Materials Collection Day.
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July Update: Still Closed, Reopening in a Few Weeks!
As of July 11, 2020, the Green Project remains CLOSED. We hope to reopen soon!
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Finally, an update! June 2020
Hey TGP Community! Thanks for your patience over the last couple of months as we navigate our closure and safe reopening. We are excited to finally have some news to share!
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Here, you’ll find everything you need to know about the Green Project, like our Salvage Store, Paint Recycling, Donations to the Green Project and Environmental Education.
What’s New?
New features include a Community Calendar meant to help you find and attend environmental, sustainability and create reuse events throughout New Orleans.
Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) or Household Hazardous Materials (HHM) are household products that are, well, hazardous! This includes products that are flammable, corrosive, explosive, toxic, or the like (2018 EPA). Paint, stains, some cleaning products, fertilizers, some types of oils and and more qualify as HHW.
HHW cannot be thrown away in the garbage—it must be disposed of properly to prevent leakage of toxic chemicals, fires or explosions. Additionally, HHW should never be dumped down sinks or toilets, storm drains, or on land. This helps protect both people and the environment around us from chemical contamination or injury.
In most cases, HHW is collected by your municipality through designated drop off days or collections. The best way to find out about how to dispose of HHW in your area is to contact your local Department of Sanitation to learn when and where you can drop it off. Some areas have annual drop offs like Orleans Parish, while others collect HHW at designated centers daily. These days, most of this information can be found online.
To know if a product is HHW, first check the label for the words flammable, corrosive, toxic, explosive, or any other phrase that makes you think twice about safety. Then, check the disposal instructions. If it says something like “this item may need special disposal” or “check with your local sanitation department for disposal instructions,” it’s probably HHW.
The holidays are a time of giving. We all love buying that perfect gift and wrapping it up for our loved ones to open it with surprise! But, we tend to create a lot of waste in the process.
From shipping boxes to wrapping paper to holiday decor, the season is one where trash cans and recycling bins overflow with materials. The good news: it doesn’t have to be this way!
We can all reduce the amount of waste we create without stomping on the holiday spirit. Here are some tips on how to:
prevent waste (thus saving clean up time!), and
what to do with the unavoidable remnants of the holidays.
Let’s get started…
One awesome way to prevent waste: reuse! It’s our mission and we love doing it creatively.