Boyette’s artwork is made entirely of cut-up Mardi Gras beads she finds here in Southwest Louisiana. Although these pieces of ...

But now, there might be a solution to the trash beads. LSU researchers have now developed a bio-degradable Mardi Gras bead.

An initiative to clean beads and other debris off the streets is taking shape after local Mardi Gras parades. Keep Louisiana ...

Louisiana State University scientists develop biodegradable Mardi Gras beads that blossom into flowers and plant when buried.