Once called "Boeuf Gras," meaning, "fatted calf," the Mardi Gras season was a time of indulgence for foods, sweets, and alcohol as people to prepared to abstain for the Lent season.

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.

Cheap plastic beads often end up in landfills and can clog up the city’s 100-year-old drainage system. That’s led to more calls to ditch them altogether.

Pensacola's Mardi Gras celebrations have been met with exuberance since they got rolling in 1900, ... Pensacola's Mardi Gras is more than booze and beads. It's changed our city and its people.

LSU Biology lab releases prototype of 3D printed biodegradable Mardi Gras beads that include seeds for earth-friendly partying. Skip to main content. You are the owner of this article. Edit ...

Recycling Mardi Gras Beads, Shreveport locations: Now through Sunday at Mae & Co . 1023 Provenance Pl Blvd, Shreveport (March 5th-March 9th) Followed by Chop Shop , 724 Azalea Drive, from next ...

Padre Island Neighborhood neighborhood news reporter Erin Holly caught up with the newly crowned king and queen of Barefoot Mardi Gras 2025. The beach parade kicks off on Sat. March 1st at 11:00am.

The Carnival season will end on Mardi Gras, which is now one week away! From parades to colorful beads and masks, there are dozens of traditions involved in Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday ...

New Orleans' efforts to reduce Mardi Gras waste and reuse beads and throws have been ongoing for decades and involve a complicated web of community groups, leaders and businesses. Carnival lasts ...

Check out our sampling of Mardi Gras history, trivia, and so much more. Skip to main content. Moses La..., WA. Moses ... Even better, you leave with bags of Mardi Gras beads and throws.

LSU Biology lab releases prototype of 3D printed biodegradable Mardi Gras beads that include seeds for earth-friendly partying. Skip to main content. You are the owner of this article. Edit ...