Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.

For the third year in a row, the New Orleans Office of Resilience and Sustainability is working to make Mardi Gras greener ...

Out on the route, catching throws is great, but what do you do with everything once you get home? Parents have probably ...

Launched in 2023 as a pilot program by the City of New Orleans, the Recycle Dat! initiative has been implementing innovative ...

New Orleans' efforts to reduce Mardi Gras waste and reuse beads and throws have been ongoing for decades and involve a ...

Crop fertilizers are a major source of pollution, as the chemicals make their way out of the soil and into the natural ...

This year, paradegoers who recycle at stations along the route can be entered to win prizes from local businesses. Here's ...

The event offered a behind-the-scenes look at how beads, cans, and glasses are sorted and diverted from landfills.

Recycle Dat, the push to make Mardi Gras greener, returns after diverting 10 tons of waste from New Orleans landfills in 2024 ...

Recycled Glass Market Overview Glass recycling takes place in the 4th generation of processing plants. Conventionally, purely mechanical pr ...

It's filled with recycled glass beads that help minimize eye puffiness when chilled in the refrigerator. It also nicely comes with a travel pouch for easy storage. Material: Mulberry silk and ...