What Happens to All Those Beads After Mardi Gras?

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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]One picture after another left by revelers who don;t seem to give a darn about the mess they’re leaving.

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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Biodegradable beads may not be available yet, and recycling efforts are still small, but several hundred Mardi Gras celebrations since the late 17th century have taught New Orleans a thing or two about cleaning up. As the festivities wind down, a small army of some 600 workers descends on the French Quarter, leaving the area so free of debris that it’s difficult to tell the city had a million houseguests a day before.[/FONT]​
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]A 2014 analysis of how much income Mardi Gras brings to the city concluded that it generates more than 2 percent of New Orleans’s $21 billion gross domestic product. Cleanup-related expenses tallied in the study included more than $230,000 for workers, about $825,000 for equipment, plus other expenses, which brought the sanitation grand total to almost $1.5 million.[/FONT]​

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Beads?

What beads?

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The biodegradable beads are here!
Thankfully, a biologist from Louisiana State University has developed several formulas for biodegradable Mardi Gras beads – and he already has patents pending on some of his designs. For one of his inventions, biological sciences professor Naohiro Kato has developed a process in which to grow a species of microscopic algae called diatoms, which he can then harvest and process into a powder that can form throw beads and doubloons. After the fun is had, these celebratory throws will biodegrade in soil in about one to two years. “I believe we can change and do better. We have great resources to make our Mardi Gras celebrations more sustainable and to protect our environment and health,” said Kato. Hefirst began his research when one of his students at LSU accidentally discovered the basic ingredients which he has since refined to produce biodegradable Mardi Gras beads.“My student was supposed to come into the lab three nights in a row to move our test tube samples of algae from the centrifuge to the freezer, but one night he forgot,” Kato said.
Kato is also collaborating with several other university professors in order to develop a variation of the bead that is made with wood fiber. Meanwhile, Kato is in discussion with a nutraceutical company and awaiting a contract in order to begin production of the biodegradable Mardi Gras beads.....read on....

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bio...eads-could-save-tons-of-trash-from-landfills/
 
PopsnTuff said:
The biodegradable beads are here!
Thankfully, a biologist from Louisiana State University has developed several formulas for biodegradable Mardi Gras beads – and he already has patents pending on some of his designs. For one of his inventions, biological sciences professor Naohiro Kato has developed a process in which to grow a species of microscopic algae called diatoms, which he can then harvest and process into a powder that can form throw beads and doubloons. After the fun is had, these celebratory throws will biodegrade in soil in about one to two years. “I believe we can change and do better. We have great resources to make our Mardi Gras celebrations more sustainable and to protect our environment and health,” said Kato. Hefirst began his research when one of his students at LSU accidentally discovered the basic ingredients which he has since refined to produce biodegradable Mardi Gras beads.“My student was supposed to come into the lab three nights in a row to move our test tube samples of algae from the centrifuge to the freezer, but one night he forgot,” Kato said.
Kato is also collaborating with several other university professors in order to develop a variation of the bead that is made with wood fiber. Meanwhile, Kato is in discussion with a nutraceutical company and awaiting a contract in order to begin production of the biodegradable Mardi Gras beads.....read on....

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bio...eads-could-save-tons-of-trash-from-landfills/
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Thank you Pops, for giving us hope!
 
I'd never even given it a thought before I saw this. Why wouldn't people want to take all those pretty beads home? As close as I've ever been to Mardi Gra is the New Orleans area of Disneyland. Waving your boobies around there just gets you kicked out of DL.
 
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