There are so many fun aspects to Halloween, from decorating your home and coming up with wild costume ideas to carving pumpkins and eating way too many candies after trick or treating with the kids.

A rotting jack-o-lantern pumpkin in autumn - Misuzu Henderson/Shutterstock Halloween may generate a lot of waste, but jack-o-lanterns don't have to take up room in landfills when there are other ways ...