These microplastics aren’t a byproduct of plastic waste — they’re the raw material used to make plastic in the first place.

Electrifying plastic beads in a laboratory setup creates flocking behavior similar to that observed in birds. And if you mix beads of two sizes, they will automatically separate. This seemingly ...

Fire officials in Humble estimate tens of thousands of tiny plastic beads were released, with many floating into storm sewer drains. "That's what they use to make the plastic bags," Humble Chief ...

In 2018, an industrial vacuum machine sucked 46 tons of plastic beads from the catch basins along a five-block stretch of the St. Charles Avenue parade route, where Freret travels.

HILL: Glass beads. BLOOM: Notably, much smaller than the usual plastic beads - the group putting this parade on, called the Krewe of Freret, used 250,000 strands of plastic beads last year.

Beads have been central to the annual Carnival parade in Provincetown. But no more. At the 46th Annual Provincetown Carnival people participating in the Aug. 22 parade can no longer throw plastic ...

(FOX40.COM) — Dozens of people made their way to the shore lines of Lake Tahoe on Monday not to take a dip or take pictures, but to conduct a rapid clean up of thousands of plastic beads that… ...

Photo: (Nike) The bead-filled pods get denser as you move from the front of the shoe to the back, with almost half of them located in the heel area to provide extra cushioning where the foot makes ...

Roads with these plastic beads last twice as long as those without, Beeman said. That means less maintenance and repairs are needed over a road’s lifetime, saving costs, time and energy.

Beads that don’t make it to the landfill might have a more direct environmental impact. In 2018, workers found 93,000 pounds of beads caught up in city’s storm drains.

Plastic beads remain a staple at most big Carnival parades, but there’s a growing number of New Orleans krewes that want to ban them due to environmental concerns.

In 2018, an industrial vacuum machine sucked 46 tons of plastic beads from the catch basins along a five-block stretch of the St. Charles Avenue parade route, where Freret travels.