Trick or Treat-another scary plastic tale
What can you do?
When the ghouls, witches, zombies, and ghosts come trick or treating at your house, how about considering the following:
· Purchase candy from the bulk section to avoid the pre-packaged plastic bags.
Buy candy such as Milk Duds. Nerds, and Junior Mints that come in boxes or Reeses, Rolos and Hershey kisses that come wrapped in foil or tootsie rolls and taffy wrapped in wax paper.
What is more eco-friendly than pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks, and hay bales?Add some fun fabric, paper ghosts and – voila - you have fun creative décor!
Create your own costumes or re-purpose previously used costumes. The kids will have a blast turning old clothes, hats, and jewelry into a costume. Be creative and have fun!
In our research we learned that lots of people have already put together great ideas for plastic free Halloween. Rather than re-inventing the wheel, check out the ideas of these awesome environmentalists.
https://oliviafortheocean.com/simple-guide-to-a-plastic-free-halloween/
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/20-ways-fete-plastic-free-halloween
We McSisters love the holidays and they are quickly upon us. Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on October 31. The tradition originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. American colonists are responsible for initially bringing Halloween to the United States. Over time, it became a day for kids to dress up, walk their streets, and receive treats like nuts, coins, and homemade goods.
Over the years, Halloween evolved into a day of activities like trick-or-treating, carving jack-o-lanterns, festive gatherings, donning costumes and eating lots of candy treats. Candy companies took advantage of the growth of Halloween and used it to market to consumers convincing us that we needed to hand out pounds and pounds of PLASTIC wrapped candy which adds up to an unimaginable amount of waste.
Now don’t get us wrong. We love Halloween, fall colors, carving pumpkins, dressing up, and enjoying special treats and candy. It can be a time of our best creativity or a time of plastic costumes and cheap decorations that end up in the trash days later. Our big question is how can we enjoy the holiday without contributing boatloads of plastic to the landfill? So, we did some research.
