Innovative program puts Mardi Gras beads to good use after the party is over: ... The aquarium explains that a large portion of the discarded necklaces end up in habitats and waterways.

Mardi Gras Beads-n-More is located at 303 New Hope Road in Lafayette. LARC collects, sorts, packages and resells Mardi Gras beads, keeping those beads in circulation and out of the trash.

Mardi Gras krewe members and float riders spend hundreds — sometimes thousands — of dollars to buy beads, trinkets and toys. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.

Mardi Grad beads in New Orleans are creating an environmental disaster Despite a daily cleanup that leaves the post-parade landscape remarkably clean, uncaught beads dangle from tree limbs like ...

Beads can run anywhere from $25 to $40 dollars per case. Some beads are small and colorful, while others are large and elaborate. Some specialty beads have the krewe emblem on them (those have to ...

Mardi Gras Beads-n-More is located at 303 New Hope Road in Lafayette. ... If you are looking to please a large crowd or needing last minute touches for your get together Party City is the place ...

Guillet urges anyone who wants to buy from the Beads-N-More store to stop by or call ahead for large orders. ... Mardi Gras Beads & More Store. 200 Greenleaf Drive (337) 981-8484.

Lucky spectators at the 2022 Freret or Tucks parades could catch one of the rarest Carnival throws ever. At long last, biodegradable beads, containing plastic made from algae in an LSU laboratory ...

Plastic beads are a cheap commodity during Mardi Gras season, but some critics say they come at a price. The beads may be fun to throw and catch during parades, but when the revelry is over, tons… ...

When I was a kid my family used to send a portion of the Mardi Gras beads we scored every year to our cousins in the Northeast. Apparently these plastic trinkets were something of a curiosity to them, ...

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) ...

Mardi Gras krewe members and float riders spend hundreds — sometimes thousands — of dollars to buy beads, trinkets and toys. Local Sports Things To Do Politics Travel Advertise Obituaries ...