After conducting tests with various bead types, researchers discovered that size and material are crucial factors, with larger beads generally acquiring a negative charge, while smaller ones are ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers ...

Plastic imports remain ubiquitous but efforts to mitigate their damage may be catching on. "These efforts will help green Mardi Gras," said Christy Leavitt, of the group Oceana, in an email.

It’s a beloved Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of beads or other trinkets to parade watchers. But environmentalists are worried about ...

FILE - People vie for beads as the group rolls during the Krewe of Iris Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Mardi Gras day this year falls on Feb. 21, 2023.

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers ...