Holiday Season is just around the corner starting with a bang each year that is Halloween, a favorite for many. It’s not just witches, ghosts, and vampires that are scary during Halloween. It’s much scarier to think about the massive amount of damage that disposable Halloween costumes, toxic makeup, and candy wrappers cause to the earth and humanity. In the words of Judith Enck, who heads Beyond Plastics and is a former senior Environmental Protection Agency official, Halloween should actually be called Plasticween. If we are honest, it’s a plastic and solid waste disaster.
Not to sound like a complete party pooper, let’s look at how we can create a more sustainable supply chain by shining a light on some of the Halloween manufacturing misdeeds. Let’s turn Halloween into Hallogreen!
Halloween Candy
The Problem:
The majority of Halloween waste comes from candy wrappers that contain…
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