FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – For a second year, Eco Fest wants to help make Halloween more “Green” by offering a recycling opportunity for items that are not accepted in your home recycle bin. Bring your gourds and pumpkins to Pumpkin Compost Fest and increase your positive impact by bringing your candy wrappers for recycling, too.
Bring your accepted candy wrappers to Pumpkin Compost Fest on Friday, November 3 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at Trinity English Lutheran Church, 450 W. Washington Blvd. They will be recycled through the Terracycle program.
Representatives released the following:
The recycling program only accepts CLEAN plastic-based wrappers. Paper wrappers or wrappers with food on them are NOT accepted.
Examples of plastic-based wrappers include: Snickers, Kit-Kat, 3 Musketeers, Reese Wrappers
Examples of paper-based wrappers (which are not accepted): Tootsie Roll Wrappers, Dum Dum Wrappers, M&M wrappers
Admission is free. Participants are encouraged to pack wrappers in a reusable bag or container. Receptacles will be available to deposit individual wrappers into.
Additional ideas for Greening your Halloween include: donating costumes after use, making costumes at home, and reusing decorations yearly.
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