Swampscott To Host First Town Pumpkin Toss Composting Event

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — Swampscott residents are invited to compost their Halloween pumpkins in a fun and environmentally conscious way at the town's first Pumpkin Toss set for the Phillips Park parking lot this weekend.

Residents will be invited to try to hit the targets in the Black Earth special collection toss.

Those with pumpkins not sturdy enough for tossing can skip the target practice and drop off pumpkins for composting. Pumpkins will be taken to the Black Earth field for open-air industrial composting.

The event will be on Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon.

Residents are asked to remove any non-compostable decorations from the pumpkins, such as tea light candles, stickers, paint, metal spikes or ribbons, before composting them.

(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.)