• Pumpkin recycling in Kane County: Kane County, in conjunction with Pushing the Envelope Farm and Northern Illinois Food Bank, will offer a free pumpkin recycling event in Geneva from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 3 at Pushing the Envelope Farm, 1700 Averill Road in Geneva. Pumpkins must not have candles, yarn hair, stickers, googly eyes, plastic ears, or plastic of any kind.
• Pumpkin Smash in Naperville: The community can drop off Halloween pumpkins for composting at the Naperville Pumpkin Smash from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 3 at Ron Ory Community Garden Plots, 811 S. West Street. in Naperville. The leftover Halloween pumpkins will be composted directly into the soil at the Park District’s garden plots. Please remove candles and decorations.