If it wasn’t already a super-sized celebration, expect to see Mardi Gras beads, parades ... Interestingly, it wasn’t always a plastic baby inside… Food historian Liz Williams told the ...

Mardi Gras parades have a reputation for making a lot of trash. But some organizers are trying to change that by banning one of the most colorful Mardi Gras traditions, the tossing of plastic ...

But the huge amount of non-biodegradable plastic beads that wind up amid all the other Mardi Gras trash worries environmentalists. (Scott Threlkeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via ...

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.