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Recent "Recycle & Reuse" Articles Nov 19, 2021 Easy DIY Repairs to Limit Waste Nov 19, 2021 Low-Waste and Easy Costumes for Halloween Nov 19, 2021 Planning ahead for a Low-Waste Holiday Season Sep 21, 2021 Three Methods to Declutter for a Less Wasteful Life Sep 21, 2021 What is Plogging and How Do You Start? Low-Waste and Easy Costumes for Halloween November 19, 2021 Why not wear something completely unique this Halloween? It can seem like it would be easier to run to the store and buy another cheaply made costume for forty dollars, but it can lead to a lot of stress. From the crowd inside hurrying to find their own costume, to making sure it fits correctly, to seeing if it’s warm enough for Halloween night. Using items and clothing you already have can help you avoid some of those uncertainties and make sure no one at the Halloween party is dressed just like you. Creating your own costume can also dramatically help reduce the waste of Halloween. An estimated extra 2,000 tons of waste is created during Halloween. This waste is produced by a combination of food wrappers, decorations, and, largely, the number of costumes sold that are then only used once. Some DIY costumes can require more arts and crafts experience, but many costume ideas don’t require you to do any crafting and only need you to put the right items together. There are three easy styles of costumes to help you brainstorm what to be on October 31st; “Punny” costumes, Last-minute, and Crafty. “Punny” Costumes tend to embrace word play to create a costume that also gets people chuckling. For example, if you have a leftover animal costume from a past year, use elements of that costume and don a party hat and party outfit to become a “Party Animal” or put on your fanciest dress and use painter’s tape or safety pins to attach pictures of planets and stars to it and create a sash to wear claiming you as “Miss Universe.” Become a “breadwinner” by putting on a medal and carrying a loaf of bread through the party then you can even use part of your costume for lunches the next week! DIY costumes shine when it comes to creating last-minute outfits. Throw on a pair of shorts, a hat, and a Hawaiian shirt and carry a camera or brochure to become a tourist. If you own a black and white striped shirt and black pants, you can buy some inexpensive white and black makeup to become a mime. Still got a few dated pieces in the back of your closest? Consider going all out in the 70s, 80s, or 90s gear for your costume. People will love partying with a blast from the past. Crafty costumes can still be easy, but with a little more work than some of the others. Create a tulle skirt and use combine it with a pair of fairy wings and then glue on travel size toothpaste tubes to become a tooth fairy and then you can use those tubes through the next month to keep away cavities. Head to outer space by using one long cardboard box spray painted silver. Cut out two holes for your arms and a hole to act as a window of your very own spaceship. Finish it off by cutting the front flap into a triangle and using duct tape to keep it up right and to create two straps in the back to stick your arms through. For extra color, affix red and yellow streamers to the bottom to ack as the fiery blast. If you combine saving resources in your Halloween costume with the free Rubicon Trick or Trash program, you will be making a huge dent in the amount of trash produced this month. With this program, Rubicon will mail you a cardboard box to collect your candy wrappers in. At the end of the season you can mail all of those wrappers back to be recycled. Just sign up at https://www.rubicon.com/trick-or-trash/ to get your box. Americans buy 3.4 billion dollars’ worth of costumes each Halloween. By taking yourself out of that equation you can save money, keep your closet clean, and help limit our waste. With a little bit of forward thinking, you can create a green Halloween plan that will keep the guilt away but the treats coming. Amy Hartline is the recycling and education program coordinator for the Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority. Have a recycling question? Contact her at (706) 278-5001 or ahartline@dwswa.org. Comment Recycle And Reuse Article Low Waste, Halloween 0 Likes Share EASY DIY REPAIRS TO LIMIT WASTE PLANNING AHEAD FOR A LOW-WASTE ... 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