Pumpkin Compost Event Planned For November

Kane County: Kane County, in conjunction with Pushing the Envelope Farm and Northern Illinois Food Bank, are offering a free pumpkin recycling event in Geneva on Saturday, November 2 nd to help you reduce your seasonal holiday waste! See the event flyer here!

Jack O’Lanterns, pumpkins and decorative squashes are highly compostable and it is a real shame to just send them to a landfill, when the nutrients they contain could instead be returned to soil that will grow more healthy food!
When: Saturday, November 2nd from 9am-12pm
Where: Pushing the Envelope Farm at 1700 Averill Road in Geneva.
What: We will be accepting pumpkins and squashes for composting right on a farm! It is very
important to keep it contaminant-free; just like food scrap composting.

This means NO: • candles • yarn hair • stickers • googly eyes • plastic ears • plastic of any kind.
In other words, only the squashes, pumpkins, and gourds themselves can be composted!
Spread the word; tell your neighbors and friends to utilize this great service to get all those old
pumpkins composted instead of landfilled!