Now that you’ve invested hours into carving that pumpkin for Halloween Friday night—and used up a perfectly good box of Band-Aids—here’s what you need to know to get rid of the mushy orange carcass on Saturday.
For the first time, the Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling and University Housing have partnered to compost pumpkins on campus for free, in an effort to keep organic waste out of the landfill.
From Nov. 1-7, students, staff and faculty and dispose of their jack-o-lanterns in the campus pizza-box composting dumpsters located at:
- Bragaw, Lee and Sullivan halls (Lee Hall parking lot by the trash dumpster)
- Bowen, Carroll, Metcalf halls (against the brick wall near the trash dumpster)
- Avent Ferry Complex (waste station by Fort Fisher Hallor F building)
- Wolf Village (waste station by the bus stop)
- Wolf Ridge (waste station by Plaza Hall)
- Greek Village (parking lot across from Greek Houses 3 and 4)
Just be sure to remove any candles, glow stick and the 37 spent paper matches you used to burn the hair off your knuckles trying to light the wick.
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