Among them: headbands made of recycled T-shirts; beads made out of paper ... “These efforts will help green Mardi Gras,” said Christy Leavitt, of the group Oceana, in an email.

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A successful Mardi Gras used to be measured ... "I like some beads," she added, showing off a small collection of purple, green and gold throws she'd already caught from passing floats that ...

There is a haze of glittering gold, green and purple ... Image People tossed beads at each other, on trees and anything that could possibly hold a Mardi Gras necklace. “Our world here is ...

The woman in lime green won - she wiped the Vaseline off her hands and waved her still-greasy hands. A Mardi Gras Masque Bal hosted ... are Japanese mercury glass beads, made during World War ...

New Orleans' efforts to reduce Mardi Gras waste and reuse beads and throws ... Matthews said employees will package green beads together, for example. They collect and sort beads year-round.

the beads make their landing, tangling themselves purple, green and golden plastic — in often-bare limbs. The streets speak, too. As the good times roll at Mardi Gras, float by float ...