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The Pumpkin Smash is an annual effort by communities to divert pumpkins from landfills by providing locations for residents to drop-off jack-o-lanterns to be composted. It is held each year the Saturday after Halloween. Don’t Trash it, Smash it! For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Pumpkin Smash Composting Events.
The Pumpkin Smash is an annual effort by communities to divert pumpkins from landfills by providing locations for residents to drop-off jack-o-lanterns to be composted. It is held each year the Saturday after Halloween. Don’t Trash it, Smash it! For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Pumpkin Smash Composting Events.
The Village of Bartlett will be hosting its annual pumpkin composting event with this year’s Pumpkin Smash! SCARCE, a nonprofit organization committed to keeping “stuff” out of the landfill by reusing or recycling, first brought this event to DuPage County in 2014! Since then, the annual Pumpkin Smash has successfully diverted tons of pumpkins from...
The Pumpkin Smash is an annual effort by communities to divert pumpkins from landfills by providing locations for residents to drop-off jack-o-lanterns to be composted. It is held each year the Saturday after Halloween. Don’t Trash it, Smash it! For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Pumpkin Smash Composting Events.
Will County and Lewis University have partnered to offer the 8th annual Will County collection of pumpkins for recycling. From 9am to Noon on Saturday, Nov. 2, students, parents, and residents are encouraged to bring their pumpkins and gourds! Lewis Physics Club will be operating Catapults! The Farm Bureau and Unv of IL Ext office...
Families are invited to join in the fun as the Bartlett Depot Museum hosts its First Saturday Free Children’s Craft. On November 2, kiddos enhance a Calac keychain and learn about the Day of the Dead celebration. No registration is needed, but supplies are limited. The museum, 100 W. Railroad Avenue, will be open that...
Did you know that pumpkins are 90% water which makes them bad for landfills but great for soil. Bring your post-Halloween jack-o-lanterns and pumpkins to Frontier Park and help the Park District’s EnviroGroup smash and pitch them into compostable material. For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Pumpkin Smash...
Fresh flowers, artisan foods, music. For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Farmer’s Markets.
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