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By Jupiter Tide Staff
Before the candy wrappers from Halloween night end up in the trash, here's a way to give them a second life and teach kids a little ocean science along the way.
Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach is collecting candy wrappers through its Unwrap the Waves program until Nov. 14. The center says the idea is to give families and students a way to recycle wrappers that normally can't be recycled, and to show how much single-use waste one holiday creates.
How families can take part
Save the wrappers after trick-or-treating. Collection runs Oct. 14 to Nov. 14.
Drop them off at Loggerhead Marinelife Center, 14200 U.S. Highway 1 in Juno Beach. The center is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Loggerhead says more drop-off spots may be added.
Make it a game: have kids sort and count wrappers before you go.
Schools and community groups that want their own collection box had to apply by Oct. 8 for this year, at a cost of $300 for the box and materials, according to the center. Loggerhead also posts free lesson plans, in English and Spanish, on the program page for teachers and parents: https://marinelife.org/unwrap-the-waves/
While you're there, kids can visit the sea turtle patients in the center's outdoor hospital. Note that the Juno Beach Pier next door is closed after surf damage, and the beach has been rough this week. More: https://www.jupitertide.com/p/juno-beach-pier-closed-beach-access-closures
Planning a Halloween night out? See our Halloween week guide for kids: https://www.jupitertide.com/p/halloween-week-kids-events-jupiter-2026
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