After October festivities, Illinoisans smash thousands of pumpkins to divert them from landfills, cut methane
Some Illinoisans have taken matters quite literally into their own hands
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Some Illinoisans have taken matters quite literally into their own hands
Some Illinoisans have taken matters quite literally into their own hands
Some Illinoisans have taken matters quite literally into their own hands
Some Illinoisans have taken matters quite literally into their own hands
As people rush to get rid of their jack-o’-lanterns in favor of Thanksgiving decorations, thousands of ornamental pumpkins will likely end up in landfills. Lacking oxygen and unable to break down and return to the soil, these discarded gourds decompose and fill the atmosphere with methane — a greenhouse gas that is more than 25 times as powerful as carbon dioxide in trapping heat. According to ...