Try these 25 creative crafts with plastic Easter eggs—perfect for kids' activities, gifts, and spring decorations. Crafting is all about creativity and transformation, and with plastic Easter ...

Because water beads look similar to candy and young kids have a tendency to put things in their mouths, they can become a choking hazard.And if they are swallowed, the beads can increase in size ...

Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching ...

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.

MATT BLOOM, BYLINE: Plastic beads are pretty much synonymous with Mardi Gras parades, but at this one held this past weekend, they were notably absent. BONNIE HILL: (Shouting) Hey, hey, hey.

Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching ...

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.