Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans
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Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans
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Mardi Gras, History, Origin, Meaning, Definition, New Orleans, & Facts
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How thousands of Mardi Gras beads are clogging New Orleans streets and creating an environmental 'disaster
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New Orleans Needs a Better Way to Do Mardi Gras - The Atlantic
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Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives? – The Virginian-Pilot
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Mardi Gras beads a 'plastic disaster
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Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives?
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Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives?
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Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there alternatives?
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Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives? - The Columbian
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Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives? - The Globe and Mail