Mardi Gras participants throw beads to celebrants on Bourbon Street on Feb. 21, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Credit - Jon ...

It is Carnival season in New Orleans. That means gazillions of plastic green, gold and purple beads are being tossed to crowds.

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

Over 300 million shoes are thrown away each year in the United States alone.

Mid Ulster residents are being “discriminated against” when purchasing new black wheelie bins, with the council charging more ...

RIZHAO, SHANDONG, CHINA, January 21, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As we navigate the beginning of 2026, the global ...

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 ...

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

An environmental expert, Hajara Danmusa, has urged households, especially women, to adopt simple organic waste recycling practices to reduce methane emissions and support climate change mitigation.

Councillor Clement Cuthbertson (DUP) has claimed that the district’s residents are being “discriminated against” when purchasing new black wheelie bins, because they are being charged more for these ...

WENZHOU CITY, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA, February 10, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The global packaging industry continues ...

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 ...