Halloween is over, but don’t trash your jack-o’-lantern — compost it. Here’s how
1 year, 1 month ago

Halloween is over, but don’t trash your jack-o’-lantern — compost it. Here’s how

LA Times  

Kyle Breaux loads pumpkins onto a wheelbarrow at a pumpkin patch on the Pierce College Farm Oct. 5 in Woodland Hills. It’s the day after Halloween and the pumpkin on the doorstep is looking deflated, a telling sign that it’s time to get rid of the jack-o’-lantern. On Nov. 5, Los Angeles Councilmember Katy Yaroslasvky and the Los Angeles Board of Public Works will host the first Great Pumpkin Bash at Pan Pacific Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; a family event aimed at keeping pumpkins out of the landfill. If you’d rather toss your pumpkin in the green bin, make sure non-organic items — such as stickers or a candle — are removed from the pumpkin.

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Ugly pumpkins become pick of the crop for Halloween decorations
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Ugly pumpkins become pick of the crop for Halloween decorations

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Pumpkin waste: Three ways to stop your leftover lantern becoming a Halloween horror story
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Pumpkin waste: Three ways to stop your leftover lantern becoming a Halloween horror story

Salon  

This Halloween, around 18,000 tons of pumpkins will go to waste in the UK alone. In a world where 2 billion people are malnourished, despite the fact that food systems could sustainably feed the total world population and where families turn to food banks even in wealthy countries, wasting perfectly edible pumpkin is immoral. So I know that people can …

Oh my gourd! Truck fire chars 5,000 pumpkins on 5 Freeway
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Oh my gourd! Truck fire chars 5,000 pumpkins on 5 Freeway

LA Times  

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Is It Safe To Eat Your Jack O Lantern Halloween Pumpkin?
1 year, 2 months ago

Is It Safe To Eat Your Jack O Lantern Halloween Pumpkin?

Huff Post  

Martin Deja via Getty Images We spoke to food safety experts about decorative Halloween pumpkins and when you can use them as food. “You use a pumpkin as an ingredient or as a decoration, but not as both,” said Darin Detwiler, a professor of food policy at Northeastern University and author of “Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions.” Buying a …

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