The streets speak, too. As the good times roll at Mardi Gras, float by float, the throws filter through the crowd to the roads and sidewalks below—beads, trinkets, and Moon Pies—covering the ...

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.

The streets speak, too. As the good times roll at Mardi Gras, float by float, the throws filter through the crowd to the roads and sidewalks below—beads, trinkets and Moon Pies—covering the ...

There are ways to recycle the cheap, plastic beads that have become synonymous with Mardi Gras, but many end up in landfills. They also clog up the city’s 100-year-old drainage system.

Look for a bigger, better dragon and other features ... decorated with incredibly intricate bead work mosaics, are a unique New Orleans art form at the pinnacle of Mardi Gras costuming.

So lusted after in the moment, Mardi Gras beads have a cruel afterlife. The lucky ones find a useful purpose long after the parades stop: decorating a fence, maybe, or as an eye-catching art project.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)— As parades ramp up this week, you may want to pay extra attention to some very special beads you can catch. An LSU professor invented a new kind of Mardi Gras bead that’s ...

Now, if you are on a budget or you want to go green with your throws, you could always go with recycled beads from LARC’s Mardi Gras Beads-N-More store. LARC provides services to individuals ...

LOUISIANA (KLFY) — Anywhere else, Feb. 21 is just Tuesday. In Louisiana, it’s Mardi Gras. In Acadiana, Mardi Gras welcomes a season full of parades, balls, runs, and boucheries. A full ...

Snowmass Village is bringing back its beloved Mardi Gras celebration for the 43rd year, filling Fat Tuesday with music, revelry, and plenty of beads on March 4, according to a press release. The ...

“It has beads on it all the time, we call it our Mardi Gras tree,” said UL junior Alliyah Williams, who walks by a “bead tree” almost every day near campus on Johnston Street. “It’s ...