mardi gras returns to new orleans after year of shutdowns: 'let the good times roll!" In 2018, for example, the city reported collecting nearly 100,000 tons of beads from storm drains.

FILE - People vie for beads as the group rolls during the Krewe of Iris Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Mardi Gras day this year falls on Feb. 21, 2023.

Workers in New Orleans were cleaning out storm drains to help the city's drainage system and they found something unique to the city: 93,000 pounds of Mardi Gras beads clogging up the drains.

In New Orleans, Mardi Gras is not just Fat Tuesday itself, it's a multi-week celebration. It's also a huge mess. The plastic beads, cups, and trinkets that fly from the floats don't all get caught ...

Michael Sampey has been coming to New Orleans to see the many floats for over 20 years. ... Last year the organization collected 20,000 pounds of Mardi Gras beads. Related Topics. New Orleans; ...

The new rule came after their 10th parade in 2024. The organization has vowed to, over the next 10 years, remove “more than two million potentially toxic beads (301,750-plus lbs.) and over 100 ...

NEW ORLEANS – Mardi Gras has officially made its return to New Orleans this week with celebrations that leave behind tons of waste every year. In 2018, for example, the city reported collecting ...

Trash lines the gutter on Bourbon Street, in the early hours of the morning after Mardi Gras, in New Orleans, Feb. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file) ... a New Orleans native who grew up ...

It’s a beloved Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of beads or other trinkets to parade watchers. But environmentalists are worried about ...