Pumpkin Composting Drive

Join us for a FREE pumpkin composting drive at several locations around Dane County to help diver pumpkin waste from the Landfill!

Who?
Participants of all ages are welcome!

What?
Bring pumpkins of any size, shape or color. No painted pumpkins, please.

Where?
Middleton Scrap Stop (University Pl. near the Walgreens)
Fitchburg Scrap Stop (Swan Creek Park Pavilion)
Verona Scrap Stop (Badger Prairie - 1220 E. Verona Ave)
Stoughton Scrap Stop (Mandt Park - 400 Mandt Pkwy)
Madison Westside Community Market (505 S Rosa Rd)

When?
10 am - 2 pm at participating Scrap Stops
7 am - 12:30 pm at Madison Westside Community Market

Why?
Organic materials including food and yard waste make up 30% of the materials entering into the Dane County Landfill. The pumpkins from this composting drive will be diverted from the landfill and turned into nutrient-rich compost and soil amendment by Purple Cow Organics. To learn more about how you can divert food waste from the landfill, head to the following link: https://landfill.danecounty.gov/