The Halloween environmental footprint is probably the scariest thing you’ll see all spooky season. Here are some ways you can take the fright out of the future and still have a haunted Halloween. Veuer’s Chloe Hurst has the story!
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00:00The Halloween environmental footprint is probably the scariest thing you'll see all spooky season.
00:06According to The Conversation in the UK alone, more than 8 million pumpkins end up in the trash,
00:12which equates to roughly 18,000 tons of pumpkin waste that could have been eaten.
00:18Then you have the commercial nightmare. Costumes, decorations, electronic and disposable,
00:24and endless plastic-wrapped candy, all of which find their way into landfills come Thanksgiving.
00:30So here are some ways you can take the fright out of the future and still have a haunted Halloween.
00:36Pumpkins create much more of a problem than food waste. The resources used in production
00:42and the methane, as they decompose, all contributes to climate change.
00:47Learn how to bake, people! Or consider a non-plastic reusable decoration instead.
00:53Speaking of, avoid buying something new. Get creative and think outside of the box.
00:59Also, when it comes to boxes, ditch single-use plastic.
01:03And by the way, 83% of the materials used to make the seasonal outfits
01:08available at 19 supermarkets and retailers in the UK were plastic. Do it yourself!