Nothing is scarier than a pumpkin without a proper home. Pumpkins should always have a place to go after being a part of fall festivities, and it is important to keep pumpkins out of yard waste. Pumpkins are not accepted in city yard waste dumpsters or roll carts. They are classified as food waste and should be composted when possible.  Join us Nov. 1 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for a Pumpkin Toss at the O’Fallon Park Rec Complex (4343 W Florissant Ave, St. Louis, MO 63115) parking lot. Residents may bring as many CLEAN pumpkins as they would like to compost for FREE. Pumpkins must be free of all glitter, paint, wax/candles, plastic, etc. Residents will toss their pumpkins as hard as they can into the provided pumpkin compost dumpster in order to break up the pumpkins into smaller pieces. This helps the composting process!DROP-OFF SITES ARE FOR PUMPKINS ONLY.After the event, pumpkins can be composted for free at these locations during park hours from Nov. 1-8: O’Fallon Park: Rec Complex (YMCA) 4343 W Florissant Ave, St. Louis, MO 63115, southwest corner of parking lotCarondelet Park: 3900 Holly Hills Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63116, Compost and Recycling area off of Holly Hills DriveAdditional availability at:STL Composting (Nov. 1 – Dec. 31), 560 Terminal Row, St. Louis, MO 631471st Saturday of the month, 7:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.Other STL Composting locationsPlease consider composting your pumpkins this year to keep beneficial organic material out of the landfill. If you do not have the opportunity to take your pumpkins to one of these drop-off locations, please bag your pumpkins and place them in your TRASH (Blue or Brown) alley dumpster or roll cart for solid waste disposal.Questions? Please contact Brightside St. Louis at 314-772-4646 or recycle@stlouis-mo.gov  

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