Please bring your rotting pumpkins and gourds to The Community House on Saturday, Nov. 9. Don’t throw them in the trash! Smash them in the Hinsdale Rotary “Pumpkin Smash” bin that will be located at The Community House parking lot, 415 W. Eighth St. in Hinsdale, from 8 a.m. to noon.
Why do this? It’s pretty simple. If you throw your pumpkins and gourds in the trash, Republic Services will haul them away, load them into the Republic landfills, and there, your pumpkins and gourds will rot and create methane gas.
Methane gas is a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that is considered a potent greenhouse gas that traps significantly more heat than carbon dioxide. Methane is a major contributor to climate change.
The Hinsdale Rotary “smashed” pumpkins and gourds will be taken by Republic to the Romeoville compost heap. In six months, your pumpkins and gourds will create great compost that will be used by landscapers and others.
And most importantly, they will not create methane.
So — in cooperation with “Scarce”, Republic Services, The Community House of Hinsdale, and Hinsdale Rotary, “come SMASH with us” on Saturday, Nov. 9th, 8 a.m. to noon at The Community House of Hinsdale! — Tom Norton, Hinsdale Rotary
