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Is the Success of Mardi Gras Measured by the Amount of Trash Collected?

April 26, 2017collected mardi gras success Trash

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Is the Success of Mardi Gras Measured by the Amount of Trash Collected?

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No. Before the age of recycling, the success of Mardi Gras in Orleans Parish was sometimes jokingly measured by the amount of trash collected by the New Orleans Sanitation Department. For several years in the late 1980s, the total for the 12-day parading season topped the 2,000-ton mark.

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No, but before the age of recycling, the success of Mardi Gras in Orleans Parish was sometimes jokingly measured by the amount of trash collected by the New Orleans Sanitation Department. For several years in the late 1980s, the total for the 12-day parading season topped the 2,000-ton mark.