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Give your Halloween pumpkin a second life by setting it out with yard waste or placing it in your backyard compost bin. Corn stalks are also accepted with yard waste.
Pumpkins and can be set out on yard waste collection day, the weekday after trash and recycling collection. Friday’s trash and recycling collection area has yard waste collected on Monday.
Pumpkins can be placed with fall yard waste, such as leaves. Even if you do not have other yard waste, place pumpkins loose in a barrel (not a city cart) or in a paper yard waste bag and set it at the curb by 7 a.m. Please do not make bags or barrels too heavy. Yard waste collection ends December 17th this year.
If you made a jack-o’-lantern, remove all lights and other items before placing the pumpkin out for yard waste collection. Pie or sugar pumpkins are perfect for cooking. There are recipes for pumpkin soup, desserts, seeds, etc. If you have a sugar pumpkin, you might only have the stem left to compost!
Yard waste, including pumpkins, is collected separately, and composted on site at the Crapo Hill Landfill. There it will decompose and by spring becomes a high-nutrient, mulch-like soil that is used for landscaping and gardening. You may pick up free compost at the Crapo Hill Landfill, 300 Samuel Barnet Blvd., New Bedford, Monday – Friday 7:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday 8-10:45 a.m. Bring your own shovel and containers.
New Bedford and Dartmouth residents may purchase compost bins at the Crapo Hill Landfill Scale House, 300 Samuel Barnet Blvd., New Bedford, Monday – Friday 7:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday 8-10:45 a.m. The Earth Machine and the New Age Composter are both available at a cost of $25 each. Cash, check, or money order only. No credit or debit cards. Mask required.
Trash, recycling, or yard waste collection questions, call ABC Disposal at (508) 999-2619. Composting, recycling, and waste reduction questions, call Marissa Perez-Dormitzer, Waste Reduction Manager, at (508) 979-1493.
Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District photo.
Give your Halloween pumpkins a second life by setting them out with yard waste or placing them in your backyard compost bin.
Cornstalks are also accepted with yard waste. Please remove any twine, rope, wire, or decorations. Also, no painted pumpkins. If you made a jack-o’-lantern, remove all lights and other items before placing the pumpkin out for yard waste collection. This is so the finished compost will be free of unwanted items that will not easily breakdown into nutrient-rich soil amendment.
The remaining dates for the Town of Dartmouth’s SMART Program curbside yard waste collection follows: the Monday & Tuesday Solid Waste Collection routes have yard waste collection on Friday, November 19, 2021. The Wednesday & Thursday Solid Waste Collection routes have yard waste collection on Friday, November 5, 2021, and Friday, December 3, 2021.
Pick-up begins at 7 a.m. All pumpkins, cornstalks, grass, leaves, and yard clippings must be placed in paper bags, loose in barrels, or corrugated boxes. Please do not make bags, barrels, or boxes too heavy. Pumpkins, cornstalks, and yard waste may also be brought to the Water Pollution Control Facility at 759 Russells Mills Road, Dartmouth. A Transfer Station Sticker is required and available free of charge to SMART customers. Hours for the leaf compost area are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 7:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. and Saturdays 7:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Pie or sugar pumpkins are perfect for cooking. There are recipes for pumpkin soup, desserts, seeds, etc. If you have a sugar pumpkin, you might only have the stem left to compost!
Yard waste, including pumpkins, when composted, will decompose, and becomes a high-nutrient, mulch-like soil that is used for landscaping and gardening. You may pick up free compost at the Crapo Hill Landfill, 300 Samuel Barnet Blvd., New Bedford, Monday – Friday 7:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday 8-10:45 a.m. Bring your own shovel and containers.
Trash, recycling, or yard waste collection questions, call the Dartmouth DPW at (508) 999-0740. Composting, recycling, or waste reduction questions, call Marissa Perez-Dormitzer, Waste Reduction Manager, at (508) 979-1493.
