Halloween is a fun holiday, but it can create a lot of waste. Plastic decorations, single-use costumes, and candy wrappers often end up in landfills. A sustainable Halloween focuses on reducing waste while still enjoying the spooky festivities. People can make small changes to have a greener Halloween.

Arcus FM has released its fourth annual Sustainability Impact Report, which highlights the company's substantial progress in emissions reduction, waste recycling, and fleet electrification during the 2023/24 fiscal year. Aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), Arcus says it is committed to establishing rigorous near- and long-term emissions reduction targets.

This story was originally published by . Sign up for Grist'Walk into the grocery store and check the back of a container of food. Chances are, you'll see a small box with instructions on how to dispose of the packaging when you're finished with it: "empty & replace lid," for example, or "recycle if clean and dry." These labels are made by , a program operated by the nonprofit GreenBlue, which sells them to big food and consumer goods companies to put on their products.