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 ...

Cheap plastic beads often end up in landfills and can clog up the city’s 100-year-old drainage system. That’s led to more calls to ditch them altogether.

Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. ... uncaught beads dangle from tree limbs like Spanish moss and get ground into the mud under the feet of passers-by.

The most genuine way to decorate your Mardi Gras tree is to head out to the soonest parade and catch as many beads and other ... These “Beautiful” $1 Dollar Tree Bowls Are a Take on ...

Daily cleanup operation uncaught Mardi Gras beads dangle from tree limbs, wash into storm strains, pulled from aging New Orleans drainage system; green plastic. Skip Navigation.

Above video: WDSU's Cassie Schirm is dressed up as a bead tree. It's estimated that an average of 25 million pounds of plastic beads are tossed in Mardi Gras each year in the city.

Despite a daily cleanup that leaves the post-parade landscape remarkably clean, uncaught beads dangle from tree limbs like Spanish moss and get ground into the mud under the feet of passers-by.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers ...