Please ensure pumpkins are clean before composting!

What is a “clean pumpkin”? 

• If you’ve painted, glued, or glittered your pumpkin, just take a veggie peeler and scrape that stuff off. It’s not compostable.
• If you burned a drippy candle, go ahead and scrape out that wax. It’s not compostable either.

PUMPKIN COMPOSTING OPTIONS

• PUMPKIN SMASH event at the West Ashley Farmers Market 
  • November 19, 12pm -4pm  
  • Join Charleston's first PUMPKIN SMASH, at Ackerman Park, and experience the thrill of smashing your rotten jack-o-lanterns before they are composted!  
  • View more details here.
• DROP OFF at Bees Ferry Compost Facility: November 1 - 30.  
  • There will be a special CLEAN pumpkin collection bin near the food scrap carts all month long.  
  • Location: 1344 Bees Ferry Road, Charleston (West Ashley)
    Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm & Saturday 8am - 3pm
• DROP OFF ANYTIME, ALL YEAR, at any of the 14 food scrap drop off sites around the Charleston region.
  • Simply sign up for Charleston Composts, a free residential food scrap drop off program.
  • The food scrap carts do accept CLEAN pumpkins.  
  • Please ensure all pumpkins fit INSIDE the carts, and do not leave them next to carts, littering our parks.
  • Pro tip:  Consider a new years resolution to start composting your kitchen food scraps too!  You're already signed up and trained!
• DONATE TO FARMS
  • There are a few farms that accept pumpkins to feed to their animals.  Please always check with the farm first, before doing so.  
  • https://pumpkinsforpigs.org/south-carolina/