RECYCLE your pumpkins to ensure they do not go to waste, Cotswold District Council are telling residents.
Once the festivities of Halloween are over, residents are encouraged to either leave their pumpkins at the side of their food waste bin to be picked up as part of their usual weekly collection, or cut them into pieces and placed inside the food waste bin.
Altenatively, they can use their pumpkins to make pumpkin soup and other treats.
Cllr Sue Coakley, cabinet member for environment at Cotswold District Council, said: “Halloween seems to be growing more popular every year but one of the scariest parts for the Council is the thought of all those pumpkins going to waste afterwards.
"It’s really easy to place them in with the food waste. Who knows, it may even be used as fertiliser to bring another pumpkin to life next year!
“It’s not just pumpkins that can be recycled - any other food leftovers, cooked or raw, can go in your food waste bin.”
For more information about waste and recycling in the Cotswolds or to order a free food waste bin and kitchen caddy, visit Cotswold District Council's website or call 01285 623000.
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