01/11/2026
Hope you all had a spooktacular Halloween! 🎃
And now, what happens to your costume? Every October, millions of Halloween costumes are bought, worn once or twice and thrown away. UK research found that Halloween costumes generate over 2,000 tonnes of plastic waste every year, and 83% of the costumes they surveyed were made from plastic-based fabrics. (ok, these figures are from 2019, but please don't tell me things suddenly got much better in the fast fashion costume world!)
So, please, as you are clearing away sweet wrappers and mouldy pumpkin, consider what will happen to your child's costume, too. 👻
Pass it on, donate it, keep it for next year or turn it into a new character instead. I've written a blog post about this some time ago and put a link in bio. 🧵
