Mardi Gras beads cause environmental hangover
Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 02:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Some green-thinking locals want New Orleans to recycle the tons of plastic necklaces that go flying during parades. But skeptics say it'll never happen.The beads were flying all around them, some pooling in the street, some caught by revelers and cherished for a moment — most of them destined, in all likelihood, for the landfill.