When you’re done with your carved pumpkins and other gourds, you can put them in your green organics recycling cart. They don’t need to be bagged. Remember to remove any candles or lights first.

If you haven’t signed up for organics recycling, you can put carved pumpkins and other gourds with your other yard waste.

Added synthetic materials such as paint, permanent markers, glitter or jewels make pumpkins non-compostable, and then they have to go in the black garbage cart.

Wrappers from Halloween candy go in the garbage. They are not recyclable or compostable.

Find more information about organics recycling on the City website.