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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jack Brook

How New Orleans cleans up the waves of trash left behind after Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras Waste - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras with parades and partying, leaving behind an avalanche of waste.

At dawn Wednesday, a motley waste management crew embarked on the unenviable mission of cleaning up tens of thousands of pounds of detritus spread across the city's historic French Quarter.

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