This Organization Recycles 120,000 Pounds of Mardi Gras Beads Each Year, Smart News
![](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/yc3nuK47FhQddUENbYC1rmvMyqM=/fit-in/1600x0/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/91/e2/91e2c0c2-cc2a-4de2-9e25-5aa1584fa7e3/8623962493_375b270a4b_c.jpg)
That’s more than 60 walruses (by mass) worth of beads
![](https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/headshot/Rose-Eveleth-240.jpg)
This Organization Recycles 120,000 Pounds of Mardi Gras Beads Each Year, Smart News
![](https://gray-wlox-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/KRL5Z2NYLZBS7E3HRZJBKGRBPM.jpg?auth=b8a0aed820f4790423a93af835309b4d5c96a5ad9ab9a4d0585ccc3541df4d60&width=980&height=787&smart=true)
Donate your old Mardi Gras beads and help put people to work
More than 5K pounds of New Orleans Mardi Gras throws, waste to be recycled
![](https://www.wkrg.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2024/03/beads-for-donuts.jpg?w=1280)
Augusta Evans Special School wraps up 2024 Beads for Doughnuts
Environmentally conscious approach to Mardi Gras celebrations
Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans
![](https://www.houmatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/02/16/NCOU/71ed63bb-b125-49f5-8cb4-2831400e8f68-00cb0e5d-3dff-4c62-b825-aeecd9b6e23d_thumbnail.png?crop=849,478,x0,y0&width=849&height=477&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Local nonprofits recycle Mardi Gras beads
![](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/02/12/ap24042491559312_custom-adfe8e450fa91245c10cc10918a1b9465ff5ddb8.jpg?s=6)
Mardi Gras beads in New Orleans are creating an environmental
![](https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt4a147f9e36f0754a/bltc02967f05adf2a9d/651ffaad6868b4168f3c783a/beads_20mardi_20gras_20MR1540_20copy.jpg?width=850&auto=webp&quality=95&format=jpg&disable=upscale)
New Orleans Orgs Work to Collect and Recycle Beads After Mardi Gras
Environmentally conscious approach to Mardi Gras celebrations
![](https://gray-wafb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/JKE5POV5MVOJBH2ZXPYSNQK22I.jpg?auth=e2c6a6b48e00518c5ee8ddb31ac1c7387dfc74db7ec3c37138b4486a8ea952d6&width=1200&height=600&smart=true)
What to do with your leftover Mardi Gras beads
![](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/kfU4-WHX0iN1pqrwx_uSM6Uqcxs=/400x300/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/27/af/27af8b45-1234-43cd-b4c5-6965c2d116ab/7226347078_3c27e938b5_c.jpg)
Articles by Rose Eveleth
![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eeyytNtO--U/maxresdefault.jpg)
Recycled beads and 'usable' throws aim to cut down on Mardi Gras garbage
Teaming Up to Keep Mardi Gras Crazy Fun & Crazy Clean!
![](https://insideclimatenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MardiGras-10_Credit-Lee-Hedgepeth-1024x683.jpg)
During Mardi Gras, Fun Comes With Tons of Toxic Beads