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Mardi Gras in New Orleans
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Posted By Tanner - Fri, Dec 11 2009 at 4:17 PM EST

re: Recycled

Well I'm from new Orleans I can tell you that a lot of the beads are just reused for the next year

Posted By forrest - Wed, Nov 04 2009 at 5:00 PM EST

Recycled

For the 10 events that need their own landfill. How much of the garbage is actually recycled?

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Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Based on the number of laborers and the degree of heavy machinery deployed to clean up after Mardi Gras, it seems that the celebration has returned to levels of excess not seen since before Hurricane Katrina. The 2008 clean-up fleet included 10 street sweepers, six front-end loaders, eight garbage trucks, three water trucks, three pressure washers and 12 dump trucks.
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