If you've ever been to a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, then you're probably familiar with the sea of unwanted beads, flashing toys and plastic packaging left in the wake of the last float to ...

Georgia Wilson, the owner of the Bead Shop, collects beads of all kinds– from glass to clay. (Photo by Hannah Levitan) In New Orleans, where Mardi Gras beads decorate the live oak trees year ...

Glass Half Full is facilitating the program and beads will be donated to ArcGNO. Bins will be available at participating hotels, including Hotel Monteleone, The Royal Sonesta New Orleans and Ritz ...

Also, there are probably many people here in the New Orleans metropolitan area still hoarding glass beads, and they could be a resource. Glass comes from nature. Wouldn't it make a better souvenir ...