So instead of tossing your pumpkins, the Illinois Extension Office wants you to smash them! At a pumpkin smash event, the pumpkins are broken down and composted, which contains any harmful gasses.

Whether you like your smoothie in a bowl or a sippable option in a cup, they have a pumpkin smash in either version. Plus it can be made with oat milk for any plant-based pumpkin lovers.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Pumpkins beware! The Oregon Zoo’s annual Squishing of the Squash has returned. On Thursday morning, the zoo’s Asian elephants smashed massive pumpkins before feasting ...