Ouachita 4-H has concluded its Bead Art Contest today, with participants eagerly waiting for the announcement of winners. The ...

Mardi Gras parades leave behind great memories and even more beads. Those beads can hurt the environment. Ouachita Green is ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)— Shreveport Green is collecting Mardi Gras beads throughout the city until March 30th to divert waste and positively impact the environment. Lauren Jones, the Director of ...

As Carnival season ramps up across Acadiana, one local bead store is doing much more than supplying parade throws.

The director of Ouachita Green shares where Mardi Gras beads can be recycled in West Monroe and why it's important for our ...

In the weeks before Lent, their branches begin to glisten in the late winter sunlight. The parades begin, and day after day, the beads make their landing, tangling themselves—purple, green, and golden ...

While New Orleans usually gets all the attention during the Mardi Gras season, many states in the Deep South go all out when ...

The Ecology Center, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, released a report in 2020 on the chemical hazards of Mardi Gras beads, concluding that most of the sampled throws contained bromine and antimony, ...

NEW ORLEANS — You probably have a big bag of Mardi Gras beads in your home right now. Or maybe you've already recycled them to one of the non-profits. But now one krewe hopes to lighten your load next ...

Mardi Gras has a reputation for making a lot of trash. Waste can add up to millions of pounds each year. But some Krewes are finding new ways to cut down on their environmental footprint. At the Krewe ...

City workers in Mobile, Ala. shovel pounds of Mardi Gras beads into the back of a truck. This story was originally published by Inside Climate News. MOBILE, Ala. — The trees tell the tale. In the ...