GREEN ALTERNATIVES
MANY HOLIDAY DECORATIONS ARE USED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN THROWN AWAY. WITH HALLOWEEN BEING ONLY ONE NIGHT, THESE DECORATIONS DO NOT LAST LONG; THEY OFTEN END UP THROWN AWAY IN THE TRASH. THIS FILLS UP OUR LANDFILLS. WE ARE ALSO NOT RECYCLING THE DECORATIONS. OUR SUGGESTION IS TO TRY TO BUY REUSEABLE ITEMS SO WE ELIMINATE THE WASTE CREATED. ALSO, USING ITEMS FROM AROUND THE HOUSE LIKE OLD CLOTHES CAN CREATE GREAT HOMEMADE DECORATIONS THAT SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT.
MOST COSTUMES ARE CHEAPLY MADE AND HIGH PRODUCED. THE MATERIALS AND PROCESS TO DO THIS ARE EXTREMELY HURTFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT. ALSO, EVER SINCE THE FLAMMABLE FABRICS ACT OF 1953 PASSED TO ENSURE NON-FLAMIBLE CLOTHING, THE ENVIRONMENT HAS REALLY BEEN AFFECTED BY POOR MATERIALS AND BAD PRODUCTION. OUR ALTERNATIVES WOULD INCLUDE HOMEMADE COSTUMES OR FIND COSTUMES THAT ARE "PVC OR PHTHALATE FREE" IN ORDER TO ENSURE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY MATERIALS.