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Pumpkin Smash @ Ron Ory Community Garden Plots

11/04/23

Time: 9:00 AM

Go Green and Compost

your Halloween pumpkins and Jack-o-lanterns

7th ANNUAL PUMPKIN SMASH

• Saturday, November 4
• Ron Ory Community Garden Plots
  • 811 S. West St
• 9 am - 12 pm
  • Drop off and let us smash them or smash them yourself!
  • Remove all candles, metal, stickers, etc
  • Pumpkins must be weighed before they are smashed

WHY COMPOST YOUR PUMPKINS @ the Ron Ory Community Garden Plots?

• Every year, 30.3 million tons of food waste goes to landfills!
• Pumpkins sent to landfills produce methane gas, a harmful greenhouse gas contributing to climate change.
  • In a landfill, the lack of oxygen for decomposition causes the formation of methane gas. 
  • When composted, pumpkins decompose naturally (using oxygen) and don't release this gas.
• Pumpkins are 90% water which is not good for landfills.
  • Water in a landfill, called leachate, contains contaminants from the other trash. When it leaks out of the landfill it can pollute our waterways and drinking water.
• Pumpkins are a great soil amendment, adding nutrients back into the soil.

Check out this great video created by S.C.A.R.C.E. about The Great Pumpkin Problem