If you attended any Mardi Gras parades this season, you may be asking yourself, “What do I do with all of these beads?” “The parades are so fun and exciting ...

Shreveport Green is collecting Mardi Gras beads throughout the city until March 30th to reduce the release of toxic chemicals ...

With the sun rising, people stumbled out of bars and saluted the trash collectors. A drunken couple shrieked and leaped onto ...

As Mardi Gras festivities wind down, the colorful beads that often come with the celebrations can pile up, leaving many ...

Known for its spectacular parades, floats, marching bands, throws, and King cake, Mardi Gras is the biggest celebration in ...

Forget the French Quarter, y'all. This year, Central Texas is throwing a Mardi Gras bash that's less beads-in-your-face tourism and more like your weird uncle's backyard barbecue — but with ...

Some Mardi Gras parades are banning one of their most colorful traditions - tossing out plastic beads. Organizers are trying to cut down on the millions of pounds of trash they make each year.

More processions will continue every day through Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday ... Shimmery strings of plastic beads are ubiquitous, although some krewes are exploring alternatives out of ...

For many revelers, that makes Mardi Gras their last chance to eat as much meat and fatty foods as they like before entering the season of fasting and abstaining from meat. Crowds scream for beads ...