One quarter of New Orleans' catch-basins were clogged to uselessness with 93,000 lbs of plastic Mardi Gras beads

As a proud New Orleanian, I’d like to disagree with the characterization that all New Orleans contracts are marred in scandal or corruption. I’d like to be able to disagree.
The bigger point that Cory missed, though, is that this is 46 tons from a tiny stretch of one street downtown. This is less than 5% of one parade route. Across the city that would likely be over a thousand tons of plastic.

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