The program gives back to the community in many ways, including financially. Innovative program puts Mardi Gras beads to good ...

This year, paradegoers who recycle at stations along the route can be entered to win prizes from local businesses. Here's everything to know about bead recycling in the New Orleans metro.

There are ways to recycle the cheap, plastic beads that have become synonymous with Mardi Gras, but many end up in landfills. They also clog up the city’s 100-year-old drainage system.

While many think of parades, beads and floats, the Cajun Mardi Gras, particularly the Courir de Mardi Gras, offers a uniquely different experience. The tradition of Mardi Gras began as a Catholic ...

Just over a month after she donned a sheer corset dress that had a micro mini skirt that looked like it was made of lettuce, Katy has replicated that same outfit formula to wear another corset + ...

If you've ever been to a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, then you're probably familiar with the sea of unwanted beads, flashing toys and plastic packaging left in the wake of the last float to ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The good times have rolled here in Southwest Louisiana and now it’s time for the beads to find a new home. “People can come and any of the beads that they don’t want, they ...

Inviting Cybertruck owners to participate in the Krewe of Orpheus parade during Lundi Gras turned out to be quite unwise.

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.