From RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Miscellany, an Eighties Halloween by Grainne Quinlan. While available, store-bought costumes were uncommon, and the resultant lack of peer pressure meant parents faced ...

An estimated 1.6 billion disposable masks made their way into the oceans in 2020 — that’s more than 4 million per day. By the end of 2021, the world had generated about 8 million tons of COVID ...

Halloween costumes will add up to 2,000 tonnes of plastic waste in the UK this year (Picture: PA) Halloween costumes sold by some of the UK’s biggest retailers will contain the equivalent of 83 ...

Halloween costumes being sold by some of the UK's biggest retailers contain the same amount of plastic as over 80 million plastic bottles, according to a new study.

Halloween costumes being sold by some of the UK's biggest retailers equate to the same amount of plastic as 83 million plastic bottles, a study suggests. More than 300 items sold by 19 high street ...

Low cost Halloween costumes are quite the scare — but not because of their look. Experts are warning parents that their kids’ spooky apparel could contain harmful toxins.

Kids’ Halloween costumes are rarely meant to impress. They’re supposed to be cheap, fun, and an excuse to run around the neighbourhood all night collecting candy. But as Steven Richter ...

Ever since the late 19th century, Americans have been dressing up to celebrate Halloween. The costumes people choose to wear are always changing, influenced by popular culture and current events ...

The masks you get in those Halloween stores somehow completely disappear as soon as October 31 concludes, are always inaccurate, and look slightly off. We all know those random plastic masks you ...

BRIGGS: Halloween in the ‘70s: Cheap plastic masks, soggy Snickers and Tom Jones As I consider this year‘s costume, I can‘t help but reminisce (with some help from Forum friends) about the ...

Oct. 26—Like everything else, Halloween is celebrated differently today than it was in the 1960s and 70s. While some of that is good, other aspects aren't. I don't remember Halloween being ...

As the U.S. loads up on an estimated 600 million pounds of Halloween candy, a few companies are trying to make it easier to recycle wrappers.