After being squashed, the pumpkins are sent to processing centers to be turned into compost.
As people rush to get rid of their jack-o’-lanterns in favor of Thanksgiving decorations, thousands of ornamental pumpkins will likely end up in landfills. Lacking oxygen and unable to break down and return to the soil, these discarded gourds decompose and fill the atmosphere with methane — a greenhouse gas that is more than 25 times as powerful as carbon dioxide in trapping heat. According to the U.S.
across Chicago and its suburbs — as well as others in New York, Michigan and Indiana. At an Edgewater smash event, 3-year-old Marty Hover swung his arm past the count of three, and threw tiny gourds and pumpkin tops into a collection trailer. His mother and grandmother also joined in the fun and tossed a couple of jack-o’-lanterns, one of which splattered pumpkin seeds and innards over the little boy who wasn’t at all bothered.
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