Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — What do you do with your Mardi Gras leftovers? The beads, that is. Now, WGNO Good Morning New Orleans ...

Mardi Gras throws include beads, doubloons, cups, footballs and plush items. Image: Carlie Kollath Wells/Axios Several New Orleans organizations can help keep your Mardi Gras beads, stuffed animals ...

The French Quarter Management District is expanding its Mardi Gras sustainability efforts by partnering with downtown hotels to recycle thousands of pounds of discarded beads, an initiative that more ...

It's Mardi Gras season in New Orleans, when paradegoers look forward to catching things like beads. Now, often these beads are made of plastic. But plastic beads can be toxic and bad for the ...

Every Saturday at 8 a.m., no matter the weather, Chris Pomfret sets up a dozen or so big garbage cans outside his church in Algiers Point on New Orleans’ west bank. Glass clinks and clatters as ...

As people head back to work this Tuesday after the long holiday weekend, New Orleans is celebrating Mardi Gras with beads flying, crawfish boiling, and parades rolling. Mardi Gras, also known as Fat ...

The New Orleans City Council is addressing several controversial incidents from the recent Carnival season, including ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Inside a New Orleans warehouse, nearly every aisle bursts with Mardi Gras color — green, gold and purple as far as the eye can see. For parade insiders, this is a must-stop ...