That means gazillions of green, gold and purple Mardi Gras beads. Once made of glass and cherished by parade spectators who were lucky enough to catch them, today cheap plastic beaded necklaces from ...

Mardi Gras is amid a sustainable transformation, with biodegradable beads replacing plastic ones due to environmental concerns. The Krewe of Freret has banned plastic beads, opting for biodegradable ...

The beads are increasingly viewed as a problem, but a Mardi Gras without beads also seems unfathomable. That is why it was a ...

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for plants and managing its availability is critical for growing crops to maintain the global food supply. In an effort to move toward a more sustainable bioeconomy ...

For every ton of ethylene created, one ton of carbon dioxide is produced. With more than 300 million tons of ethylene produced each year, the production system has a huge carbon footprint that ...

A few years ago after heavy flooding, New Orleans found more than 46 tons of Mardi Gras beads clogging its storm drains.

This solution includes starch sachets reinforced with nanoparticles featuring powdered or granulated fertilizers, with the collaborators explaining that starch is a biodegradable polymer that in ...

The first iteration of the lab's biodegradable beads came in 2018, when they produced beads made from a bioplastic derived from microalgae. However, production costs were too high for the algae-based ...

One New Orleans professor is offering a greener way to celebrate and a local marine scientist applauds his efforts.