Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beads, cups and other throws gather in the gutter after a Mardi Gras parade in 2026. (Photo by Madhri Yehiya/Verite News) NEW ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CLEANUP TIME: Crews with IV Waste and other businesses were out cleaning up the streets of the French Quarter.

Mardi Gras in New Orleans can generate more than 1,000 tons of trash every year. A coalition of nonprofit groups, city officials and scientists has a plan to clean it up. By Jackie Delamatre New ...

Mardi Gras ends, clean up begins CLEANUP TIME: Crews with IV Waste and other businesses were out cleaning up the streets of the French Quarter.