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

Friends Bonnie Hill (right) and Fran Kruger (left) pose for a photo after catching glass beads at the Krewe of Freret parade on Feb. 22, 2025. Notably, not plastic beads. Freret banned plastic ...

Scientists are now working on a possible solution to that problem, by developing a sustained-release fertilizer that takes the form of tiny glass beads. Conventional fertilizers are typically ...

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.

Oh, my gosh. Wait. What did you get there? HILL: Glass beads. BLOOM: Notably, much smaller than the usual plastic beads. The group putting this parade on - called the Krewe of Freret -used 250,000 ...