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What to Do with Your Pumpkins After Halloween
Residents can drop off unpainted pumpkins for composting or donate them to farms, helping keep more than 1 billion pounds out of landfills, officials said.
- On November 7, Columbia residents can bring unpainted pumpkins to Agriculture Park for a free composting event hosted by the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture, where staff will crush and bury them to enrich soil.
- Americans purchase more than 1 billion pounds of pumpkins annually, yet most end up in landfills where decomposition without oxygen creates methane, a greenhouse gas 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
- Local farms accept unpainted pumpkins as nutritious livestock feed, offering an alternative disposal method; residents should contact farms beforehand to confirm acceptance or use the website Pumpkins for Pigs.
- The Columbia Center event includes the annual Pumpkin Smash!, where attendees can use giant hammers or a trebuchet to crush pumpkins before staff gather pieces for composting.
- For uncarved pumpkins in good condition, Adam Saunders, co-founder of the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture, recommends baking them for puree or soups before freezing temperatures spoil the produce.
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