Go Green This Halloween: Smash Your Pumpkins on Saturday!

The pumpkin smash is Saturday, November 2, 2019! What is a pumpkin smash, you ask? Communities all over are holding events to collect jack-o-lanterns and prevent them from heading to landfills. Instead, they’ll be composted, which helps decrease greenhouse gas emissions and provides soil with much-needed nutrients. It’s an annual event, held the first Saturday after Halloween. So go green and drop off your jack-o-lantern at one the many pumpkin smash sites in the suburbs!

2019 Pumpkin Smash Events

Pumpkin & Electronics Recycling at the Carol Stream Water Reclamation Center
245 Kuhn Road
Carol Stream, IL 60188
8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pumpkin Smash at Hinsdale South High School
7401 Clarendon Hills Road
Stadium parking lot – SE corner
Darien, IL 60561
9:00 am – 11:30 am

Pumpkin Smash at Downers Grove North High School
4436 Main Street
Parking lot at Grant & Main
Downers Grove, IL 60515
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pumpkin Smash at Downers Grove South High School
1436 Norfolk Street
Downers Grove, IL 60516
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

SCARCE Pumpkin Composting at the Elmhurst Public Works Facility
985 South Riverside Drive
Elmhurst, IL 60126
8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pumpkin Smash at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
393 North Main Street
Hillside Parking Lot
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pumpkin Smash at SCARCE
799 West Roosevelt Road Building 2 (South Side)
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pumpkin Smash at the La Grange Park Public Works
937 Barnsdale Road
LaGrange Park, IL 60526
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pumpkin Smash in Lisle
925 Burlington Avenue
Commuter Parking Lot C, just south of village hall
Lisle, IL 60532
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pumpkin Smash at Elmwood Elementary School
1024 Magnolia Lane
Naperville, IL 60540
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pumpkin Smash Composting at Ron Ory Community Garden Plots
811 S. West Street
Naperville, IL 60540
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

The Great Pumpkin Smash at Barrie Park
1011 South Lombard Ave 
Oak Park, IL 60304 
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Pumpkin Smash at Roosevelt Middle School
7560 Oak Avenue
Playground on Jackson/Oak
River Forest, IL 60305
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pumpkin Smash at Community Park
8125 West 171st Street
White Water Canyon parking lot
Tinley Park, IL 60477
9:00 am – 11:00 am

Pumpkin Smash at the First United Methodist Church of West Chicago
643 East Washington Street
West Chicago, IL 60185
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pumpkin Smash at the Western Springs Recreation Center
1500 Walker Street
Western Springs, IL 60558
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pumpkin Smash at the Westmont Public Library
428 North Cass Avenue
Westmont, IL 60559
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pumpkin Smash in Wheaton
SW corner West Liberty Drive & South Carlton Avenue
Commuter Lot #9
Wheaton, IL 60187
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pumpkin Smash at Camp Greene Wood
3155 71st Street
Enter through Gate #1 or Gate #2
Woodridge, IL 60517
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

It’s getting chillier, but there’s still plenty of outdoor family fun to be had! Tag us on Instagram (or use #mykidlist) to show off your autumn adventures.