There are certain Halloween candies that no one likes . Dum Dums, for instance. Or Wack-O-Wax Lips (even kids know that candy shouldn't taste like wax). These kinds of "treats" usually end up in the trash, and their providers subsequently teepeed .
Of course, parents fear another kind of candy: all of it. They're keenly aware that tummyaches, cavities, and extended sugar hangovers come after the gorging. And so tons of perfectly good chocolate bars, peanut-butter cups, and bubble gum get tossed out alongside the Dum Dums only a few days into November.
Fortunately, dentists around the country are fighting back against wasteful dumping (and poor oral hygiene, of course) having launched the Halloween Candy Buy-Back program . On Nov. 6, oral experts will relieve you of excess sweets, paying $1 per pound of unopened candy (if you're an interested dentist, register your practice as a designated buy-back station). What's more, the candy will be donated to U.S. troops overseas, thanks to the help of Operation Gratitude , a nonprofit that delivers care packages to deployed servicemembers.
There are certain Halloween candies that no one likes .
Dum Dums, for instance. Or Wack-O-Wax Lips (even kids know that candy shouldn't taste like wax). These kinds of "treats" usually end up in the trash, and their providers subsequently teepeed .
Of course, parents fear another kind of candy: all of it. They're keenly aware that tummyaches, cavities, and extended sugar hangovers come after the gorging. And so tons of perfectly good chocolate bars, peanut-butter cups, and bubble gum get tossed out alongside the Dum Dums only a few days into November.
Fortunately, dentists around the country are fighting back against wasteful dumping (and poor oral hygiene, of course) having launched the Halloween Candy Buy-Back program . On Nov. 6, oral experts will relieve you of excess sweets, paying $1 per pound of unopened candy (if you're an interested dentist, register your practice as a designated buy-back station). What's more, the candy will be donated to U.S. troops overseas, thanks to the help of Operation Gratitude , a nonprofit that delivers care packages to deployed servicemembers.
--Ronny Smith