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Mar 20
Mar 20 Rubbish and revelry: Can Mardi Gras go 'green'?

Brett Davis

A successful Mardi Gras used to be measured by how much waste it produced. Now, the world's largest free festival is trying to clean up.

Feb 15
Feb 15 During Mardi Gras, tons of fun comes with tons of toxic beads

Brett Davis

Much of Mardi Gras’ environmental impact comes from plastic waste associated with float throws.

Feb 17
Feb 17 Mardi Gras produces tons of garbage. New Orleans wants to recycle more of it.

Brett Davis

City officials, nonprofits and a handful of Carnival krewes are teaming up to put a dent in that enormously wasteful problem.

Apr 4
Apr 4 Does Mardi Gras add to climate change? Yes, and here is how.

Brett Davis

We’ve allowed our treasured tradition to morph into a bacchanal of plastic beads and throws produced from fossil fuels…

Feb 21
Feb 21 Getting Trashed at Mardi Gras: Garbage Cleanup During Carnival

Brett Davis

Every single parade-goer can help reduce the trash that swallows New Orleans every Mardi Gras season…

Feb 28
Feb 28 Local photographer captures cleanup of French Quarter after Mardi Gras Day - WGNO.com

Brett Davis

Feb 24
Feb 24 Beads found to contain lead and hazardous flame retardants - Ecology Center

Brett Davis

Study calls for restrictions on use of hazardous recycled content in products…

Feb 20
Feb 20 New Orleans Needs a Better Way to Do Mardi Gras - The Atlantic

Brett Davis

One writers take on how Mardi Gras and it’s waste is out of step with the times..

Dec 4
Dec 4 New rules likely coming for Mardi Gras: No throwing bags of beads. - NOLA.com

Brett Davis

New ordinances concerning unopened plastic bead bags and disposal of plastic wrapping. Who’s coming up with such Grounded ideas?

Oct 14
Oct 14 The Varieties of Mardi Gras - Folklife In Louisiana

Brett Davis

Article summarizing the history and various forms of Carnival with a focus on New Orleans Mardi Gras.

Aug 15
Aug 15 'Good news' for Mardi Gras 2020: Bead costs won't go up after Chinese tariffs delayed - NOLA.com

Brett Davis

‘Good news’? Where does the material in 160 shipping containers each field with 40,000 pounds of beads end up?

Aug 4
Aug 4 Can Mobile unmask the true worth of Mardi Gras? - AL.com

Brett Davis

Article covering the unknown economic impact of Mardi Gras in Mobile & New Orleans.

Mar 7
Mar 7 In the wake of Mardi Gras - American Rivers

Brett Davis

Revelers go home with plastic jewels but leave the streets covered with discards and debris.

Mar 6
Mar 6 What Happens to all those beads after Mardi Gras? - Bloomberg Businessweek

Brett Davis

New Orleans celebrated Mardi Gras for decades before paraders rewarded their admiring throngs by hurling objects at them.

Mar 4
Mar 4 Why do people toss beads during Mardi Gras? - Mental Floss

Brett Davis

No bacchanal should leave that much bad juju behind.

Feb 17
Feb 17 LSU scientists will be scanning Mississippi River for Mardi Gras beads after Carnival - The Advocate

Brett Davis

Scanning for colorful beads and other Mardi Gras throws that make their way into the Mississippi River.

Jan 25
Jan 25 46 tons of Mardi Gras beads found in clogged New Orleans catch basins - NOLA.com

Brett Davis

93,000 pounds in just 5 blocks along the uptown parade route.

May 2
May 2 Traditional second-lines charged at least $1,000 more than Mardi Gras krewes to parade - NOLA.com

Brett Davis

Mardi Gras is a city-hosted event that charges krewes a flat fee established by ordinance.

Mar 6
Mar 6 How New Orleans manages Mardi Gras waste cleanup - Waste 360

Brett Davis

The cleanup of Mardi Gras is no easy task, and often lasts for days after the celebrations come to an end.

Sep 20
Sep 20 Where do all the plastic Mardi Gras beads go? - Story of Stuff

Brett Davis

The City of New Orleans, overwhelmed by the sheer amount of trash generated from the parades, doesn’t have a recycling program for them.

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