The environmental and economic price of spooky season
College students often buy multiple outfits for weekend-long Halloween celebrations, a trend that raises both financial and environmental concerns.
Halloween itself lasts one day, but many college students extend celebrations across the weekend and feel pressure to purchase multiple costumes, each requiring unique clothing and accessories. The article examines how social media inspiration from Pinterest and TikTok and easy online shopping through sites like Amazon make it simple to spend more money and intensify the season’s environmental and economic effects.