Get Rid Of Your Gourds Saturday At Chicago Ag Pumpkin Smash

CHICAGO — You had fun carving it – now smash it! Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences will have a pumpkin smash this Saturday, Nov. 4. The eco-friendly event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the high school campus, 3857 W. 111th St., Chicago.

A pumpkin smash is a community effort to keep pumpkins out of landfills and turn them into compost instead. Please remove all candles and decorations.

Since the pumpkins we carve tend to be heavy and bulky, tossing them can fill up your trash can and head straight to a landfill. According to Climate Central, pumpkins and other types of organic waste emit methane gas, which is actually 25 times more harmful to the environment than carbon dioxide.

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Kids are more than welcome to pick through the pumpkin guts if they wish. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Other nearby pumpkin smashes for Saturday, Nov. 4:

Plant Chicago, 4459 S. Marshfield Ave., Chicago
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Comer Crops Youth Farm
7200 S. Ingleside Ave., Chicago
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Solorio Academy High School
5400 S. St. Louis Ave., Chicago
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Lake Katherine Nature Center
7402 Lake Katherine Drive
Palos Heights
Saturday, Nov, 4, 9 a.m. to noon

Evergreen Park Community Center
3450 W. 97th St.
Saturday, Nov. 4, 10 to 11:30 a.m.

And on Nov. 5:

Marist High School Fall Festival
4700 W. 115th St., Chicago
10 a.m. to noon