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For instance, old fabric can become ghost costumes or cloth bunting. Or you can use natural elements like leaves, pumpkins, gourds, pinecones, and twigs for a rustic and zero-waste Halloween theme.

After collecting the leaves, press them to flatten and dry them. (This step is important for ensuring the leaves maintain their shape and color during the crafting process.) Why not get thrifty this Halloween and scour charity shops for a spooktacular find? You could find a complete one that’s preloved or assemble parts of a costume from second-hand clothes. You could even arrange a costume swap if you’re looking for something specific, or ask family and friends for any spare accessories they might have. Using cardboard boxes, used kitchen rolls, and plastic bottles to create spooky animals such as bats and spiders. When Halloween is over you can simply recycle these materials as normal. Making your own zero waste Halloween decorations from old sheets, clothes, and fabric. Easily turn these into ghosts to hang around the house with a bit of creativity.

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Just over 2,000 tonnes of extra plastic waste are created every Halloween in the UK. While costumes are the main cause, the other main culprit is Halloween decorations – from lights to plastic and inflatable characters around your garden and home. Most of these are put up once, then binned when November rolls around. Fill the glass container with soil, providing a suitable foundation for your mini Halloween landscape. Reusing soil or using composted soil aligns with an eco-friendly approach. To create your pumpkin’s ridges, first take a long piece of string and thread your needle. Put the needle through the top of the pumpkin and thread it all the way through to the bottom. Keep threading it from the top to bottom several times, tying a knot at the bottom each time to keep your ridges tight. (See the video tutorial above for a demonstration of this.)

Cut a small circle of paper for the base. (Again, the size will depend on how large you want your pumpkin to be.)

Clothes of Halloween past

I think many zero waste bloggers and eco-friendly living enthusiasts agree that sustainable living is not a perfect science lived out of a mason jar. We all have to execute low-waste living in ways that are sustainable (i.e. we can sustain them or continue to do them for the long haul) for our families. 21 Zero Waste Halloween Decorations I generally believe that no one can truly live “zero waste” because, at the very least, the things we buy and use generate waste upstream before they arrive in our lives. But… I’m a 100% zero-waste Halloween decorator because I don’t own a single Halloween decoration ( seriously). Is there a Halloween equivalent for Scrooge or the Grinch? Beyond food, other organic materials or natural items like hay bales or straw bales are great zero waste Halloween decorations too. At the end of the season, you can compost them or use them as mulch in your gardens to deter weed growth. So, what can we do about it? Not all Halloween decorations have a negative impact on the environment. Many eco-conscious individuals and companies now offer sustainable, biodegradable, and reusable decorations made from natural materials or recycled materials.

Collect clean and dry glass bottles of various shapes and sizes to repurpose for an eco-friendly Halloween decoration. To keep October 31 st feeling as wholesome as pumpkin spice, aim for a zero waste Halloween. While it’s hard to achieve a completely waste free Halloween experience, it’s amazing how close you can get while still being festive and celebrating in style.As long as you don’t add anything that will contaminate the paper or cardboard, you can recycle it all once you’re done. Swap or Crowdsource Hire a costume – if you really want to petrify people or have a specific character in mind, hire rather than buy a Halloween costume. This saves you money and means it’ll be reused rather than binned or sit in a cupboard for years. Unlike my favorite sustainable Halloween decor, temporary decorations can create a significant amount of waste after the holiday. When improperly disposed of, these items can end up in landfills, where they may take years to break down and release harmful substances into the environment. Cut four shorter strips of paper and glue them around the circle on top of the larger strips. (These tabs will be on the inside of your lantern and will hold it down so that your lantern is actually a sphere instead of a narrow tube!)

Secure the twigs in place using jute twine or natural twine, wrapping it around and tying knots to ensure a stable wreath structure. If cost and space is an issue, choose plates and napkins that are made of paper or other natural materials and provide a labelled compost receptacle. Avoid items that are labelled compostable but have linings, as they are typically meant to be commercially composted, and most waste facilities do not have the infrastructure to actually compost them. Be sure to provide reusable cups, or request that guests bring their own cups to avoid throwing away hundreds of plastic cups. For foil wrapped candies, provide a labelled bowl or container where guests can deposit the wrapper for recycling. Attending events Light the candles for a warm and atmospheric glow, creating an inviting and zero-waste Halloween ambiance. These quintessential plastic free Halloween decorations mesh perfectly with a zero-waste lifestyle. Once pumpkins and squashes are done adorning your porch or doorstep, cook them into a tasty dish or compost them if they’ve gone bad. Gourds are generally grown for decorative purposes only, so those you can just compost when the time comes. Continue layering the corn husks until the entire wreath is covered, achieving a full and visually appealing design.

There’s a reason why ghosts wear old sheets! Many Halloween costumes are produced in time for the holiday, worn once and then thrown away. A 2019 study by environmental charity Hubbub and the Fairyland Trust found that the UK produced over 2000 tonnes of seasonal plastic waste (about 83 million plastic bottles’ worth) from costumes and fast fashion brands. Now, that’s scary. Optionally, you can paint the outside of the glass bottles in Halloween-themed colors or designs to enhance the visual appeal of the candle holders. While they make a big scene, inflatable decorations use unnecessary electricity, can contribute to noise pollution, and if not stored properly, get holes in them which lead right to the landfill. Take each strip of paper and glue one end to the circle. (It will look like a sunshine, with all of the strips fanning out from the circle.) Create tin can lanterns by punching small holes in the side of a clean and empty food can in the shape of your chosen Halloween character. Then pop in a tea light and place in a safe space for a spooky effect. You can always recycle the can later.