11/05/2026
🍂🎃 Don’t toss your pumpkin after Halloween, compost it! Pumpkins are made up of organic material that can be turned into nutrient-rich compost instead of taking up space in a landfill.
Whether your community offers pumpkin composting or you compost at home, be sure to remove candles, decorations, and stickers before composting. Small actions like composting food scraps and seasonal yard waste can make a big difference in reducing waste across Connecticut!
Shout-out to the Town of West Hartford, CT for doing this work!
Smash Last Year’s Record: Let’s Double Our Pumpkin Composting!
After Halloween, don't just toss your old pumpkins in the trash—they produce methane, a harmful greenhouse gas, and increase the town's waste disposal costs. Instead, residents can drop off pumpkins at collection bins at the Town Hall parking lot (by Burr St.), the Department of Public Works (17 Brixton St.), or Westmoor Park (119 Flag Rd.). Quantum Organics will process these pumpkins into compost and biofuel. The free program runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 1.
You can also recycle pumpkins in any of the 11 food scrap collection bins. Find them here.
Last year we diverted 33,000 pounds of pumpkins from the trash to biofuel. Let's double that number this year! Spread the word to your friends and neighbors.
Remember...
Don't put pumpkins in the trash.
Remove all plastic bags, trash, and other recyclables from the pumpkins before dropping them off.
Don't feed pumpkins to the farm animals at Westmoor Park.
