'This is a lever of change that has immediate impact.'
This spooky season some people are opting to recycle old costumes in a bid to make Halloween more sustainable – and affordable.
"They have different materials that are never separated and therefore they end up in the ... longest-term decomposing piles," Branzei said. "There's about 30,000 tons of textiles landfilled in Nova Scotia each year, so this event really ensures that some of that gets diverted," said the municipality's waste compliance officer, Ciera Robinson.
"I've just in the past kind of tried to educate people around this time of year about how wasteful Halloween can be and why they don't need a brand-new plastic costume," store owner Rylie Tarry said, adding that the goal is to "encourage people away from buying new, and buying crappy things."
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