Mardi Gras: Celebration, indulgence, debauchery and revelry. Gluttony. Waste. Wanton. But a city, as a venue, still functions properly thanks to the often-overlooked hard work of the well oiled machine that cleans it up.

A party bigger than New Years Eve in Times Square; a party that lasts three weeks and generates over 3,000 tons of trash. Come Ash Wednesday, you would never know anything happened...

We want to tell you the story of the people that make it possible.