New Orleans’ Mardi Gras might be known for its decadent, indulgent bacchanalia, but if you’re traveling to the Big Easy for the party, it doesn’t just have to be about the booze and the beads. Thanks ...

NEW ORLEANS — You probably have a big bag of Mardi Gras beads in your home right now. Or maybe you've already recycled them to one of the non-profits. But now one krewe hopes to lighten your load next ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)— Shreveport Green is collecting Mardi Gras beads throughout the city until March 30th to divert waste and positively impact the environment. Lauren Jones, the Director of ...

City workers in Mobile, Ala. shovel pounds of Mardi Gras beads into the back of a truck. This story was originally published by Inside Climate News. MOBILE, Ala. — The trees tell the tale. In the ...

In the weeks before Lent, their branches begin to glisten in the late winter sunlight. The parades begin, and day after day, the beads make their landing, tangling themselves—purple, green, and golden ...

Hey, mister, did you know those beads you’re throwin’ might be dangerous? New findings by Alabama researchers suggest they might. These researchers just published a scientific paper about metals like ...

The 2022 Mardi Gras Guide is now on sale at Angelo Brocato's, Garden District Books, Plush Appeal, King Cake Hub, Mardi Gras World, Beads by the Dozen, Gambino's on Veterans, Jefferson Variety, TJ's ...

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 ground in a layer of rejected ...