Chicago, IL
Pumpkin Smash offers nearly 60 locations to recycle your pumpkins
CHICAGO (WLS) — Questioning what to do together with your pumpkins now that Halloween is over? Do not trash it, smash it!
The Pumpkin Smash is an annual effort by communities to divert pumpkins from landfills by offering areas for individuals to drop off jack-o-lanterns to be composted. The occasion is held yearly the Saturday after Halloween.
The primary Pumpkin Smash occasions had been held in Wheaton and Elmhurst in 2014. Since then, the occasion has composted over 538 tons of pumpkins and diminished greenhouse gasoline emissions by 410 tons of carbon dioxide, in line with SCARCE.org.
There are actually almost 60 websites throughout Illinois to recycle your pumpkin. You may enter your zip code to search out the situation closest to you right here.
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