Give your kids a reusable canvas bag instead of buying them a new plastic pumpkin pail every Halloween and save up to  $10 per year. Plastic pumpkin pails are made from petroleum, a non-renewable resource. When thrown away after they’ve outlived their usefulness, they live on in the landfill for thousands of years.

Shift-It Tip: For the same price as a plastic pumpkin—around $3—you can purchase a blank canvas bag for your child to personalize. Just fashion a cut potato into a stamp shaped like a pumpkin and give them a saucer full of orange fabric paint