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 ...

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 ...

Hey, mister, did you know those beads you’re throwin’ might be dangerous? New findings by Alabama researchers suggest they might. These researchers just published a scientific paper about metals like ...

Mardi Gras beads dangling from tree limbs are a lovely sight, but the broken ones strewed about the asphalt and grass are not as picturesque. To combat the leftover Mardi Gras litter, LSU's Department ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A local school is helping you get some extra donuts this weekend, and you can also help recycle Mardi Gras beads in the process. Augusta Evans School is partnering once again ...

As the good times roll at Mardi Gras, float by float, the throws filter through the crowd to the roads and sidewalks below—beads, trinkets and Moon Pies—covering the ground in a layer of rejected ...