City of Tampa Goes Green with Gasparilla

The City of Tampa’s Department of Solid Waste and Environmental Program Management, in partnership with Anheuser-Busch Recycling, will once again provide pirates, vendors, sponsors and parade attendees with the opportunity to get hooked on recycling during this Saturday’s Gasparilla Parade.

Be sure to look for the white recycling containers along the parade route and dispose of plastic bottles and aluminum cans responsibly. Recycling team members will roam the parade route and reward attendees caught recycling with beads. The team will also collect and bag recyclables before, during and after the parade.

Last year, the community recycled approximately 8,000 pounds of corrugated cardboard boxes and 4,400 pounds of commingled containers including plastic bottles and aluminum cans. This year, the City hopes to significantly increase the amount of recovered recyclables, and reduce the amount that ends up in the trash. Please help Gasparilla go green and remember to recycle.

The Gasparillas Parade is annual event in the city of Tampa.

Parade begins at the intersection of Bayshore Blvd. and Bay to Bay Blvd., moves north on Bayshore into downtown Tampa, turning east on the Platt Street Bridge. Parade continues east on Channelside Drive, turns north on Florida Avenue to Jackson Street, then turns east on Jackson, ending at Jackson and Marion Streets.

The parade is expected to go from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday February 7th, 2009

Source: City of Tampa and gasparillapiratefest.com

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