Researchers at Louisiana State University have created a sustainable way to use biodegradable Mardi Gras beads after the festivities are over.

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But now, there might be a solution to the trash beads. LSU researchers have now developed a bio-degradable Mardi Gras bead.

Louisiana State University scientists develop biodegradable Mardi Gras beads that blossom into flowers and plant when buried.