83% of Halloween costumes use non-recyclable oil-based plastics.*
*Fairyland Trust & Hubbub. (2019, October). Halloween clothing & costumes survey 2019 (Chris Rose, researcher). Fairyland Trust. Retrieved from https://www.fairylandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Halloween-Plastics-Clothing-and-Costumes-Report-2019.pdf
Shifting towards cotton reduces our reliance on fossil fuel-based synthetic textiles, lessening the flow of new plastics into the environment.*
*Cotton Incorporated. (2025). Cotton: A natural fiber free from microplastics [Press release]. Cotton Today. https://cottontoday.cottoninc.com/our-sustainability-story/microfibers/cotton-natural-fiber-microplastic-free/
Polyester = Plastic.*
Cotton Incorporated. 2025. Cotton: A natural fiber free from microplastics. Cotton Today. URL https://cottontoday.cottoninc.com/our-sustainability-story/microfibers/cotton-natural-fiber-microplastic-free/