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.

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 ...

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.