If your concern about the effects of Halloween treats extends beyond tooth decay to the environment, a New Jersey company is offering a way to feel better about all the wrappers you collect Oct. 31.

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — While Halloween has wrapped up, Loggerhead MarineLife Center is encouraging people to save their candy wrappers for their annual Unwrap the Waves program. This is the sixth ...

CAUSED THAT PLANE TO GO DOWN. WELL, AFTER TRICK OR TREATING TONIGHT, LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER WANTS KIDS TO CONSIDER RECYCLING ALL THOSE CANDY WRAPPERS. INSTEAD OF TOSSING THEM IN THE TRASH. IT’S ...

MINUTE RIDE ON 99. RANDY, BRIAN, THANKS SO MUCH. NEW THIS MORNING, MILLIONS OF KIDS WILL BE OUT TRICK OR TREATING AND GATHERING CANDY. IN FACT, AROUND 600 MILLION POUNDS OF CANDY IS PURCHASED FOR THE ...

Halloween treats have a tricky problem: plastic packaging that’s difficult to recycle. As America loads up on an estimated 600 million pounds of candy for Halloween, a handful of companies are trying ...

In general, candy wrappers aren’t recyclable. Yes, you do have some options — even beyond upcycling them into a dress. TerraCycle, a company focused on hard-to-recycle waste, can handle the shiny ...

Trick-or-treating is over and the post-Halloween litter season has arrived. For months, parents will be finding candy wrappers shoved under their kids’ beds, crushed in the bottoms of backpacks and ...

Each year, more than 600 million pounds of candy is purchased for Halloween in the United States. The vast majority of the wrappers that candy comes in end up in landfills due to an inability by most ...

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Mars -- the maker of Snickers and M&Ms -- has distributed 17,400 candy waste-collection bags to U.S. consumers. (The Columbian files) Halloween treats have a tricky problem: plastic packaging that’s ...