Recycling isn't exactly the right word for what happens to New Orleans' Mardi Gras beads. Aside from those used for art projects, they aren't being melted down and turned into something new.

One of the many delights of New Orleans Carnival season are our city’s famous trees strung with beads along parade routes ... at the New Orleans Museum of Art’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden.

The Public Engagement Director of New Orleans Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness, Anna Nguyen said the push to recycle beads and throws from the parades has been growing. She said the city ...

NEW ORLEANS — 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 ...

New Orleans, steeped in the vibrant tradition of Carnival season, is grappling with environmental concerns. NPR reports that New Orleans, steeped in the vibrant tradition of Carnival season, is ...

“The waste is becoming a defining characteristic of this event,” said Brett Davis, a New Orleans native who grew up catching beads at Mardi Gras parades. He now heads a nonprofit that works to ...

Susan M. Taylor, The Montine McDaniel Freeman Director of the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), and Lisa Rotondo-McCord, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, announced today the appointment of W.

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 ...

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