110719 LCJ Pumpkin Recycling (CJ)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Twenty-three pumpkins from the Betke family, of Grayslake sit in the back of their truck waiting to be put into a dumpster to be turned into compost during Pumpkin Recycling & Fall Fun Day at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee. The pumpkins will go to Midwest Organics Recycling in McHenry to make compost. (11/2/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Carved pumpkins dropped off by the public sit on a table during Pumpkin Recycling & Fall Fun Day at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee. The pumpkins will go to Midwest Organics Recycling in McHenry to be made into compost. (11/2/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Adalyn Krueger, 7, of Gurnee and her siblings, Briana, 5, and Patrick, 10, watch pumpkins get thrown into a dumpster to eventually be made into compost during Pumpkin Recycling & Fall Fun Day at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee. The pumpkins will go to Midwest Organics Recycling in McHenry to make compost. (11/2/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Shayla Betke, 9, of Grayslake grabs one of her family's twenty-three pumpkins to be put into a dumpster for them to be made into compost during Pumpkin Recycling & Fall Fun Day at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee. The pumpkins will go to Midwest Organics Recycling in McHenry to make compost. (11/2/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Vytas Pabedinskas, soil scientist and compost specialist with Save Our Soil Composting Solutions, takes pumpkins that were dropped off to a dumpster to be made into compost during Pumpkin Recycling & Fall Fun Day at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee. The pumpkins will go to Midwest Organics Recycling in McHenry to make compost. (11/2/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Chris Braden, of Gurnee throws his pumpkin into a dumpster to be recycled into compost during Pumpkin Recycling & Fall Fun Day at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee. The pumpkins will go to Midwest Organics Recycling in McHenry to make compost. (11/2/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Vytas Pabedinskas, compost specialist with Save Our Soil Composting Solutions, looks at a few pumpkins that were dropped off before putting them into a dumpster to be made into compost as he collects pumpkins during Pumpkin Recycling & Fall Fun Day at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee. The pumpkins will go to Midwest Organics Recycling in McHenry to make compost. (11/2/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Vytas Pabedinskas, of Grayslake, compost specialist with Save Our Soil Composting Solutions, gets ready to throw a donated pumpkin into a dumpster to be turned into compost as he helps collect pumpkins during Pumpkin Recycling & Fall Fun Day at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee. The pumpkins will go to Midwest Organics Recycling in McHenry to make compost. (11/2/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Liam Moore, 7, of Gages Lake gets ready to bring his family's pumpkins to a dumpster to be turned into compost during Pumpkin Recycling & Fall Fun Day at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee. The pumpkins will go to Midwest Organics Recycling in McHenry to make compost. (11/2/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Liam Moore, 7, of Gages Lake lifts his pumpkin into a dumpster for it to be turned into compost during Pumpkin Recycling & Fall Fun Day at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee. The pumpkins will go to Midwest Organics Recycling in McHenry to make compost. (11/2/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Zack Moore, 9, of Gages Lake and his brothers, Erik, 9, and Liam, 7, check out the pumpkins and gourds in the dumpster donated to make compost during Pumpkin Recycling & Fall Fun Day at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee. The pumpkins will go to Midwest Organics Recycling in McHenry to make compost. (11/2/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Amy Eliason, of Gurnee carries her pumpkin to a dumpster during Pumpkin Recycling & Fall Fun Day at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee. All of the pumpkins collected will go to Midwest Organics Recycling in McHenry to make compost. (11/2/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Volunteer Paolo Robles, 15, of Waukegan carries pumpkins from the back of a truck to the dumpster during Pumpkin Recycling & Fall Fun Day at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee. The pumpkins will go to Midwest Organics Recycling in McHenry to be made into compost. (11/2/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Vytas Pabedinskas, of Grayslake, compost specialist with Save Our Soil Composting Solutions, carries a pumpkin to the dumpster for Jason Brauhn, of Gurnee as he collects pumpkins to be turned into compost during Pumpkin Recycling & Fall Fun Day at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee. The pumpkins will go to Midwest Organics Recycling in McHenry to make compost. (11/2/19)