It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers clamoring with outstretched arms. It's all in good fun but it's also a bit of a “plastics disaster,” says Judith Enck, a former Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator and president of the advocacy group Beyond Plastics. Carnival season is at its height this weekend.
The Fort Morgan Mardi Gras parade will feature a larger-than-life addition this year. The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile will be joining in the revelry. “Angus” Ann Kerr and her co-pilot, …