While the value of Mardi Gras beads has remained at a steady “almost nothing” for many decades, it looks like the folks at Crown Royal plan to shake up the market this Carnival season. The New Orleans ...

A paradegoer catches beads as the Krewe of Mid-City parades on the Uptown route in New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) ...

FILE - Trash lines the gutter on Bourbon Street, in the early hours of the morning after Mardi Gras, in New Orleans, Feb. 18, 2015. It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New ...

Trash lines the gutter on Bourbon Street, in the early hours of the morning after Mardi Gras, in New Orleans, Feb. 18, 2015. It's a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Mardi Gras always leaves behind large amounts of trash, but one LSU student is working to combat the pollution with a creative new concept. “If you look at the streets ...

Home> News> Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives? Trash lines the gutter on Bourbon Street, in the early hours of the morning after Mardi Gras, ...

Trash lines the gutter on Bourbon Street, in the early hours of the morning after Mardi Gras, in New Orleans, Feb. 18, 2015. It's a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans ...

Enck, who visited New Orleans last year and attended Mardi Gras celebrations, hopes parade organizers will adopt the biodegradable alternatives. “There are great ways to have fun around this ...

Revelers reach for trinkets as Endymion rolls in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, to the theme, "Silents are Golden." Sydney Raymond reigned as queen and Andrew Morris Bahary as king and over ...

Mardi Gras beads that aren’t removed from the storm drains eventually get washed through the system and into Lake Pontchartrain — the large Gulf of Mexico inlet north of the city. The ...