Instead of throwing away that old pumpkin after Halloween, people can recycle them for free at Geneva’s Pumpkin Smash Saturday, Nov. 9 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Community Gardens at Prairie Green, at Peck and Bricher roads. The Pumpkin Smash, which is sponsored by the City’s Natural Resources Committee and the Geneva Park District, is designed to reduce the number of pumpkins ending up in landfills.
Park District crews will till the smashed pumpkins into the garden plots to provide nutrients to the soil. All pumpkin decorations, such as candles, yarn hair, stickers, googly eyes, and plastic ears, should be removed before recycling.
Pumpkin-themed food vendors will be available, and patrons will be able to bring in those hard-to-recycle items to the event. Flat Can Recycling has provided a list of accepted items and associated fees at www.flatcanrecycling.com/event/geneva-pumpkin-smash.