A tiny zine handed out during this year's 'tit Rəx parade." It’s Mardi Gras season and the streets are filling up with parade-goers — and disposable plastic. Every year, millions of pounds of plastic ...

I just watched a video promoting the use of polymer beads in a window box to reduce the need for frequent watering, but I question the wisdom of adding a foreign substance to soil. While these ...

There's a newcomer in the movement to kick plastic to the curb during Mardi Gras season. While some have looked to paper or even algae as biodegradable alternatives, Jerome Milton's Houston-based ...

Flame retardants and lead in Mardi Gras beads may pose a danger to people and the environment. Ninette Maumus / Alamy Shiny, colorful bead necklaces, also known as “throws,” are now synonymous with ...

A recent spill of bio-beads – small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s – has brought renewed attention to a problem that has been quietly accumulating in ...

'Throw me somethin’ mister' has long been a Carnival-time mantra in New Orleans, as parade-goers vie for glinting plastic necklaces tossed from passing floats. But in recent years there’s also been ...

A pollution investigation has been launched by the Environment Agency after a "huge quantity" of small plastic pellets have been found beside a river in Greater Manchester. The black pellets known as ...

There is an "environmental catastrophe" at Camber Sands after "millions" of plastic beads washed up on the East Sussex beach, an MP has warned. It is thought the dark grey or black "bio-beads" may ...