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.

People filled the streets to see decorated floats covered in green, red, and white roll during the 53rd Annual ...

(AP Photo/Jack Brook) Piles of Mardi Gras detritus accumulated from Mardi Gras celebrations lies in the French Quarter in New Orleans, on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jack Brook) Leander ...

When the Krewe of Lafcadio hits the streets of the French Quarter ... who make New Orleans their home and carry on this tradition.” As a marching parade, this one is light on beads but heavy ...

Two New Orleans sanitation contractors are ready to get back to work in the French Quarter, but some people, including some city council members, would rather keep the company that’s doing ...

There was never any question that Mardi Gras would go forward after the New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans. But some revelers felt at least a hint of ...

NEW ORLEANS — Ed Sheeran surprised fans in New Orleans’ French Quarter on Saturday, premiering a new song, "Azizam," with the ...

TRIANGLE IS NOW CLOSER TO A VOTE DURING THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC WORKS MEETING TODAY. A HEARING OVER WHO WILL RETAIN THE TRASH CONTRACT IN THE FRENCH QUARTER. WDSU REPORTER ARIELLE BRUMFIELD ...

The traditional throwing of beads will not be affected by the new security ... to New Orleans to enhance security in the Central Business District, on local highways and in the French Quarter.

As New Orleans prepared for the Super Bowl, the memory of the New Year’s Day terror attack on Bourbon Street remained vivid. A pickup truck bypassed a police car ...

Tractors bearing bristles and nicknamed “toothbrushes” scrub the asphalt, targeting beads. Bulldozers ... with cleaning up with the French Quarter in New Orleans, Wednesday, March 5, 2025 ...

Costumed revelers will jam the French Quarter as more parades roll in New Orleans' suburbs, other Louisiana cities ... Shimmery strings of plastic beads are ubiquitous, although some krewes are ...