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 ...

As America loads up on an estimated 600 million pounds of Halloween candy, a handful of companies are trying to make it easier to recycle all those wrappers. Mars Wrigley is sending 17,400 free bags ...

'Tis the season for screams, scares and sugar highs. The country is expected to spend around $2.6 billion on Halloween candy this year, and that means a lot of wrappers left behind that aren't exactly ...

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 ...

ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. WITH HALLOWEEN A FEW DAYS AWAY, YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHAT’S AN ECO FRIENDLY WAY TO GET RID OF ALL THOSE CANDY WRAPPERS? FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST BROOKE SILVER JOINS US ...

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Leftover wrappers from the candy you consume after trick-or-treating this year do not have to end up in a landfill. Bee Joyful Shop, at 243 S. Kalamazoo Mall in downtown Kalamazoo, is ...

Well, this could be very, very big. We're all looking for ways to live more sustainably and try to save the planet before, you know, we explode into flames thanks to global warming — and this could be ...