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When Halloween ends, your pumpkin can keep on doing good! Keep it out of the landfill by composting it! If you don’t have a compost pile of your own, there are multiple places where you can drop it off.
Your pumpkin must be free of paint, decorations, candles and glitter.
Here are a few places to drop off your pumpkin.
Pumpkin Drop-Off in Durham
Keep Durham Beautiful posted this information on their Facebook page.
On Saturday, November 4, 2023, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., drop off your pumpkin at one of these locations, and the City of Durham’s composting contractor, Atlas Organics, will compost them:
- C.M. Herndon Park, 511 Scott King Road, Durham, NC
- Rock Quarry Park, 701 Stadium Drive, Durham, NC
- Southern Boundaries Park, 3400 Third Fork Road, Durham, NC
- Campus Hills, 2000 S Alston Avenue, Durham, NC
- Valley Springs Park, 3805 Valley Springs Road, Durham, NC
- Merrick-Moore Park, 632 N. Hoover Road, Durham, NC
- Bethesda Park, 1814 Stage Road, Durham, NC
- Waste Disposal and Recycling Center, 2115 E Club Blvd, Durham, NC
If you miss the November 4 event, you can drop off your pumpkins at no charge at the Waste Disposal and Recycling Center from November 4 to 18, 2023, during normal hours of operation.
Composting Pumpkins in Raleigh and Wake County
In 2022, The City of Raleigh advised that if you couldn’t compost your pumpkin at home to put it in the dark green trash cart, rather than your yard waste cart.
There are also four Wake County Food Scraps Composting Centers where you can drop off your pumpkin:
- Convenience Center #2, 6120 Old Smithfield Road in Apex
- Convenience Center #4, 3600 Yates Mill Pond Road in Raleigh
- Convenience Center #7, 9024 Deponie Drive in Raleigh
- Convenience Center #8, 2001 Durham Road/Hwy. 98 in Wake Forest
Make sure to read the instructions here.
Pumpkins for Pigs
On PumpkinsForPigs.org, there’s a list of farmers who would like donations of old pumpkins. Sometimes they accept other items as well, like Christmas trees and fruits and vegetables. Check to see if there’s one near you.
Pumpkin Smash Party
Steel String at Pluck Farm, 6901 NC-54 West, Mebane, North Carolina, is hosting a pumpkin smash party on Sunday, November 5, 2023, from 12 to 8 p.m. Bring your decorated, undecorated, carved, and uncarved pumpkins to Pluck Farm to smash! Smashed pumpkins will be repurposed into compost. Don’t have a pumpkin? Leftover ones will be available for purchase.
Smash Don’t Trash
Bring your pumpkins to The Midtown Farmers Market, 4191 Main at North Hills Street, Raleigh, North Carolina, on Saturday, November 4, 2023, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Zero Waste and Compost Now will compost the pumpkins, keeping them out of the landfill.
Donate Pumpkins to Tigers
From November 1 to 5, 2023, drop off your uncarved and unmarked pumpkins at Southern Peak Brewery, 950 Windy Road #100, Apex, North Carolina, and they’ll give them to Carolina Tiger Rescue.
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More Events
Check out our list of free and cheap events in Raleigh and the rest of the Triangle this weekend, or our full event calendar in the Triangle, or just look at few upcoming events here:
Various locations