It has been illegal since 1999 for spectators at Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans to throw any objects, even beads, at float riders or other parade participants. It apparently will remain that way.

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.

When the parade is over, all those beads the crowd so eagerly called for seem to lose their shine. Rather than see the leftovers end up in a landfill, one New Orleans group collects and recycles them.

It’s Mardi Gras season and the streets are filling up with parade-goers — and disposable plastic. Every year, millions of pounds of plastic throws flood the streets of New Orleans for its Fat ...

Biodegradable Mardi Gras beads might be rarest throw of 2022 - or ever ... worried that imported plastic throws might eventually bury New Orleans like lava buried Pompei, it’s a hallelujah moment.

The Krewe of Freret Mardi Gras has announced it will not permit riders to throw plastic beads in 2025 in “the name of environmental sustainability, community responsibility, and thought leadership,” ...

New Orleans’ Mardi Gras revelers will spend today downing Hurricanes, gawking at naked flesh, and begging paraders for colored beads with the traditional plea, “Throw me something, mister ...

What to do with all those beads from parades during Carnival season around New Orleans? Unwanted beads can be tossed at a big truck at the end of parades. The truck operated by the ARC of Greater New ...

“Throw me something, mister!” Crowds yell it to float riders in a parade as it rolls down the streets of New Orleans. If the float riders are ladies, you might hear the same phrase but with ...

Mardi Gras Beads Cast a Plastic Shadow Causing Environmental Fallout. New Orleans, steeped in the vibrant tradition of Carnival season, is grappling with environmental concerns.

NEW ORLEANS — You just can’t keep a good city down, especially when Mardi Gras is coming. All around New Orleans, thousands of houses are being decorated as floats because the coronavirus ...

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 ...