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 Go Green this Halloween
Halloween will undoubtedly be different this year with social distancing and restrictions in place. Why not try our ideas to help make your Halloween at home greener and less spooky to the environment!
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Eat your pumpkin! If you have picked your pumpkin and are ready for carving make sure you eat the flesh.
Eight million pumpkins are bought each year for Halloween and most are thrown away - in fact only 33% are eaten.
Hollow out the pumpkin and use the flesh for some delicious recipes, you can find lots of cooking ideas at Love Food Hate Waste.
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Have a go at making your own Halloween decorations from recycled materials. Why not try making a toilet roll bat?
All you need is:
• A toilet roll tube • colourful scrap paper • glue stick
• black paint or felt tip pens • eye stickers or white pen
To make your toilet roll bat:
- Paint or colour the toilet roll black and leave to dry.
- Draw bat wings on the paper (you may be able to find bat wing templates online) and cut out. Fold a small flap at the end of the wing as this is the bit that will stick to the toilet roll body.
- Glue on the wings (along the folded flap) and you could also add small triangles for the ears from scrap paper too.
- Stick on the eyes or draw on using a white pen. Add a mouth with fangs!
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Reduce the plastic waste from sweet wrappers and make your own treats.
Staying at home this Halloween you could make a feast of spooky sweets, creepy cookies and ghoulishly good cakes .
Choose from some fun and simple recipes online like toffee apples, spider biscuits or eyeball pops.
Send us pictures of your creations to share on our Facebook page.
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While we may not be able to go out trick or treating this year, make your own Halloween scavenger hunt.
You could make a list of things to spot, including decorated spooky houses, pumpkins and a black cat. Why not add one of our recycle trucks to your scavenger list? There are six different designs to spot.
Let us know if you see them, maybe give one of the crew a friendly wave!
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If you are planning on having your own Halloween party at home with your family create your own scary costumes!
Seven million Halloween costumes are thrown away every year, which is the same as throwing 83 million plastic bottles away. Save money and time, as well as the environment by creating a DIY costume.
Hubbub have some brilliant suggestions and creative costume ideas from using items already in your wardrobe.
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After all the Halloween fun don't forget to recycle your pumpkin. You could turn it into a bird feeder, compost it at home or pop it in your green bin for recycling (even if you do not have a garden waste subscription).
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