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Suwanee Music Store Hosts Free Guitar String Recycling Event

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Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at Town Center Music in Suwanee Saturday, October 22 at 12:00 p.m. 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. 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. "It's a great feeling to do something you love and do good for others at the same time,” said Town Center Music’s Aaron Brown “Matching our 'Will Restring for Food' event with a string recycling event is a great opportunity to make progress in two areas that are important to Town Center Music: environmental sustainability and lending a hand to those less fortunate. And where else can you turn four cans of food into six guitar strings?" Town Center Music is Gwinnett's premier independent music store providing top-quality instruments, accessories, & lessons to the North Atlanta area. We believe that life is meant to be lived, coffee now, and music is the most important 'useless' thing in the world. We offer instruments and service you can't find anywhere else, carefully curated to give you a musical experience that goes off the beaten path. 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.