This Halloween, let’s cast a spell for a healthier planet.

By making conscious choices about our costumes, decorations, and treats, we can ensure that our celebrations are not just fun, but also kind to the earth. An eco-friendly Halloween proves that you don’t need to be wasteful to be wonderfully spooky!

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Sustainable Halloween Celebration

Sustainable Costume Ideas

Halloween is a time for ghoulish delights, sweet treats, and creative costumes. However, beneath the festive façade lies a darker truth: it’s also one of the most wasteful holidays. However, there are ways to reduce waste on this annual fright night! Today, we will focus on costumes.

Massed produced, synthetic costumes are typically worn once and then discarded, contributing to textile waste and the fast fashion crisis!

Instead, we could choose to embrace our inner fashion designer and raid closets for old clothes, fabric scraps you may have around the house, or household items that can be transformed into a unique costume! Just imagine what you could create using an old bedsheet, cardboard box or forgotten garments. Let your imagination run wild! This approach saves you a ton of money and gives old clothing/materials a second life! You could also organize a Halloween costume swap, a contest to see who can come up with the best costume, or hit up a thrift store to accessorize. You’d be amazed at what you might find!

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Halloween Decor

Plastic spiderwebs, inflatable lawn monsters, and glittery banners often have a lifespan of just one season before heading to the trash.

The Greener Choice: Embrace Natural Elements. Pumpkins, gourds, cornstalks, hay bales, and fallen leaves are quintessential Halloween decorations that are entirely biodegradable. They can be composted after the holiday, returning nutrients to the earth.

Even Better: Craft Reusable Decorations. Get crafty with materials you already have. Make ghosts from old sheets, paper bats from recycled paper, or durable spooky banners from fabric remnants. Store these carefully, and they’ll bring joy for years to come. Think about classic, timeless pieces you can use year after year rather than trendy, disposable items.

Avoid: Excessive Plastic Decorations, especially those with glitter. Glitter is a
microplastic and can contaminate ecosystems.

Even Better: Eco-Friendly Goodies (Non-Food). Instead of just candy, consider offering small, non-plastic, reusable items like pencils, erasers, stickers, small books, or even seeds. If giving out candy, look for brands committed to sustainable packaging or offer unpackaged treats if you know the children and their parents.

Avoid: Cheap Plastic Toys and Excessive Individually Wrapped Candies. While challenging to avoid entirely for trick-or-treating, being mindful of your own purchases can make a difference. Encourage the use of reusable cloth bags or pillowcases for collecting candy instead of disposable plastic bags.

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Treats for Trick or Treating

The sheer volume of individually wrapped candies and plastic trick-or-treat bags creates a mountain of non-recyclable waste.

The Greener Choice: DIY Treats or Thoughtful Choices. If you’re hosting a party, bake your own treats. For trick-or-treaters, consider candies that come in cardboard boxes (like Nerds or Milk Duds) or foil wrappers (which are often recyclable, though check local guidelines). Buying candy in bulk can also reduce individual packaging. Look for certified fair trade and organic options where possible to support ethical and sustainable production.

Decorative lighting?

Spooky ambiance often requires lighting, but traditional incandescent bulbs can be energy hogs.

The Greener Choice: LED Lights. If you’re stringing up lights, opt for LED bulbs. They consume significantly less energy, last longer, and are safer to handle as they produce less heat.

Even Better: Solar-Powered Lights. For outdoor decorations, solar-powered lights are the ultimate eco-friendly choice, drawing all their energy from the sun.

Avoid: Over-reliance on battery-powered decorations. If you do use batteries, investing rechargeable ones to minimize waste.

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