If you've ever been to a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, then you're probably familiar with the sea of unwanted beads, flashing toys and plastic packaging left in the wake of the last float to ...

and over 100 thousand single-use plastic wrappers from the vulnerable New Orleans ecosystem, inspiring and protecting the next generation of Mardi Gras celebrants,” the news release reads. “In recent ...

"The waste is becoming a defining characteristic of this event," said Brett Davis, a New Orleans native who grew up catching beads at Mardi Gras parades. He now heads a nonprofit that works to ...

Mardi Gras in New Orleans is bigger than ever — and so ... also pick up free purple crawfish sacks that can be filled with beads and clean throws and donated at a later date.

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In New Orleans for the Mardi Gras, I, surely, wasn’t ready for the mad ride and ceaseless exhilaration. Think 250 million ...

Michael Sampey has been coming to New Orleans ... 1,462 pounds of Mardi Gras items. Nguyen said they are on track to recycle more than ever this year. "We actually deliver beads and throws that ...

“The waste is becoming a defining characteristic of this event,” said Brett Davis, a New Orleans native who grew up catching beads at Mardi Gras parades. He now heads a nonprofit that works to ...