NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — You’ll be seeing a lot of Mardi Gras bead in no time! An organization called, Save an Angel takes donated beads, sorts them, and sells them for carnival season. The money raised ...

Until recent years, city officials measured a Carnival season’s success by the amount of trash collected from the streets. But employees at Arc of Greater New Orleans' Mardi Gras Recycling Center ...

PARADE ROUTE. THIS WAS A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT HOW BEADS, CANS AND GLASSES ARE SORTED AND DIVERTED FROM LANDFILLS. RECYCLED ART HAS BEEN, ALONG WITH THE PARADE ROUTE FOR SOME TIME NOW, BUT THE ...

Arc of Acadiana's annual Mardi Gras Bead Drive is underway. The initiative is aimed at supporting individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities across Acadiana. Through this ...