What to do with your rotting pumpkins

If you’re not going to eat your leftover pumpkin, recycling it is the next best option. Add it to your food recycling collection, or pop it into a home compost heap if you have one. If you have space, you could also save some of the seeds to grow your own pumpkins next year.

Please don’t leave pumpkins to rot outdoors, as they can harm some of our wildlife, including hedgehogs, birds, foxes, and badgers. Remember to remove your pumpkin decorations as soon as possible, then recycle the pumpkin.

Source: Somerset Council