Will we let plastic beads end our civilization? | Letter. Published: Feb. 26, 2023, 8:11 a.m. By . ... Send a letter to the editor of South Jersey Times at [email protected].

A catch basin contractor for the City of New Orleans pulls out a jumble of beads from a catch basin on St. Charles Ave. in New Orleans, La., Monday, Jan. 8, 2018.

Finally, have riders keep the single-use plastic bags the beads come packaged in inside the float until the end of the parade for disposal. Remember, without paradegoers, it is really not a parade ...

It’s all plastic bottles and a plastic micro-beads. Oh for the days of “soap on a rope”. ... Letters to the Editor, June 10th: On clinical governance, alcohol tax and gardening leave.

Alexis Aspito wears the beads caught by 3 friends over 4 parades during her 2nd Mardi Gras in New Orleans on the Uptown route in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.

I commend the Krewe of Freret for considering the ecosystem of New Orleans. However, I can't imagine residents and tourists around the world, screaming with excitement "Let's go to a Mardi Gras ...