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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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,” ...

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.

Mardi Gras has a reputation for making a lot of trash. Waste can add up to millions of pounds each year. But some Krewes are finding new ways to cut down on their environmental footprint. At the ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...