Students Turn Mardi Gras Trash Into Hurricane Bulwark

Trash trucks and departing party goers move down Bourbon Street after the conclusion of Mardi Gras in the early morning hours of March 5, 2003 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Bourbon Street, in the French Quarter district, is the best known street party site of Mardi Gras. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Mardi Gras in New Orleans is one of the largest annual festivals in the United States, attracting around 1.4 million visitors to roam the streets of New Orleans. But when the partying is all said and done, more than 1 million pounds of garbage is produced from the festivities, according to AFAR Magazine.

Inside all that trash are a lot of glass bottles. Students from Tulane University in New Orleans were disappointed when they found out glass wasn’t being recycled in NOLA, so two of them decided to do something about it.