How much waste does Halloween produce?

With everyone dressing up and going trick-or-treating tonight, what’s the environmental impact?

Halloween costumes turn to terrifying tonnes of plastic waste

Charities Hubbub and The Fairyland Trust say the frightening costumes worn for trick and treating often end up in the bin the next day

Halloween horror for sustainability as 7m costumes binned

Halloween season is a horror for sustainability, with last year seeing seven million costumes ending up in the bin. Instead of giving up the ghost, the North London Waste Authority has launched its #SewSpooky campaign to reduce cost and waste by encouraging more people to make outfits themselves and to give old outfits a new […]