In this video, we showcase the transformation of 64,000 beads made from collected plastic pollution into beautiful jewelry, ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 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.

Come May, Milton's beads will be packaged in Louisiana and sold through an online market at a higher price, 93 cents to $2 per necklace, than the average plastic bead but less than Kato's algae ...

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 ...

And because glass beads are prized over their plastic counterparts, it is a throw that practically cleans itself off the streets along the parade routes. CLARENCE WILLIAMS JR. New Orleans ...

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.