The following is a news release from TerraCycle US LLC:

Local musicians can celebrate Earth Month and International Guitar Month by attending a free recycle and restring event at Tarpley Music in Lubbock Saturday, April 21. Sponsored by D’Addario, musicians can bring any old instrument strings for recycling and get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with D’Addario NYXL or Nickel Bronze Acoustic strings. Old strings collected during the event will be recycled through Playback, D’Addario’s free, national recycling program.

Founded in 1927, by Clara Tarpley, Tarpley Music has been serving communities in Texas & New Mexico for over 90 years. This is Tarpley’s largest store, with lots of products to choose from, as well as a complete piano gallery stocking the latest from Yamaha’s digital and acoustic offerings. It is the only full-line music store in Lubbock with Education Reps that visit Lubbock and surrounding area schools on a daily basis, as well as a complete piano gallery stocking the latest from Yamaha’s digital and acoustic offerings, an acoustic guitar showroom, an electric wall, and the finest selection of Band & Orchestra instruments.

Playback is the world’s first instrument string recycling program, launched through a partnership between D’Addario and international recycling company TerraCycle. The program is a part of D’Addario’s Players Circle loyalty program, and allows registered users to recycle their used strings in exchange for extra Players Circle points. Musicians attending the recycle and restring events will receive a code at the event, redeemable for extra Players Circle points. Points can be used towards merchandise or donated to the D’Addario Foundation, the company’s nonprofit organization supporting music education in underserved communities.

“Instrument strings have been a huge waste for us in the past, and it’s great that D’Addario has teamed up with Terracycle to provide a program for dealers that confronts this issue” says store manager Richard Barnett. “We are looking to minimize landfill usage by collecting used instrument strings, regardless of brand, for recycling.”

D’Addario has been consistently committed to the environment, working to reduce their company’s packaging waste and use the most environmentally responsible packaging available on the market. Their partnership with TerraCycle allows them to further reinforce their role as an environmental leader in the music industry. 

TerraCycle is a global leader in recycling typically non-recyclable waste, working with companies to implement recycling initiatives and finding solutions for materials otherwise destined for landfill.

Musicians interested in recycling through Playback can visit http://www.daddario.com/playback. For more information on the recycle and restring event, please contact Tarpley Music Lubbock at (806) 797-5833.

ABOUT D’ADDARIO
D’Addario & Company, Inc. is the world’s largest manufacturer of musical instrument accessories marketed under several product divisions: D’Addario Fretted and Orchestral Strings, Evans Drumheads, Promark Drumsticks, Puresound, D’Addario Woodwinds, and D’Addario/Planet Waves Accessories. A family-owned and operated business with roots dating back to the 17th century and 1,100 employees worldwide, the company manufactures 95% of its products in the U.S. employing Toyota’s Lean manufacturing principles. D’Addario musical accessories are distributed in 120 countries, serve more than 3,000 U.S. retailers, all major e-commerce sites, and are the preferred choice of professional and serious amateur musicians worldwide including Dave Matthews, Sheryl Crow, Lenny Kravitz + more.

ABOUT TERRACYCLE
TerraCycle is the world’s leader in the collection and repurposing of complex waste streams, ranging from used cigarette butts to coffee capsules to ocean plastic to oral and beauty care products and packaging. The waste is collected through manufacturer-funded programs that are free to the public, as well as Zero Waste Boxes that are purchased by end users for recycling from homes, offices, factories and public spaces. The collected waste is converted into a variety of raw materials that are sold to manufacturers that produce new products. Each year, across 21 countries, TerraCycle collects and repurposes billions of pieces of waste, donating millions of dollars to schools and charities in the process. To learn more about TerraCycle or get involved in its recycling programs, please visit www.terracycle.com.  

(News release from TerraCycle US LLC)