Bring Your Halloween Pumpkins To Danvers Town Hall

DANVERS, MA — Danvers residents are invited to bring their sagging and soggy Halloween pumpkins to the town's Pumpkin Collection Event as a way to recycle them and keep the organic waste out of landfills.

Black Earth Composting will host the event at Danvers Town Hall from 3 to 6 p.m. on Nov. 6.

Instead of heading to a landfill as trash, the pumpkins will be turned into nutrient-rich compost, which can be used in local gardens.

Carved and whole pumpkins are welcome. Those bringing pumpkins are asked to remove all candles or decorations from the gourds.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)