Catapult Jack-O-Lanterns, Shred Documents at Pumpkin Pitch
Catapult Jack-O-Lanterns and Shred Documents at Pumpkin Pitch 2016
Published: October 28, 2016.
Wondering what to do with your jack-o-lanterns once Halloween is over? Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« and Will County have partnered to offer the third annual Pumpkin Pitch 2016 from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Nov. 5 at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«’s main campus in Romeoville.
Participants can compost their pumpkins and gourds instead of adding them to a landfill. A document destruction service will also be available for those interested in shredding personal documents. Last year, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« teamed up with Will County Land Use Department’s Resource Recovery and Energy Division to collect pumpkins during the second annual Pumpkin Pitch.
Bring carved or painted pumpkins to Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s W parking lot. Naked pumpkins only – no candles, bags or boxes and there is a limit of five pumpkins per person.
Physics students will be offering a Catapult Pumpkin option to make the event more thrilling. Prizes will be given while available.
All the pumpkins and gourds collected will be taken to a site to be mixed and composted. Eventually, they will become a highly nutritious soil supplement, feeding future crops, gardens or perhaps a new pumpkin patch.
By composting this waste, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« is taking a great step to reducing the amount of materials sent to a landfill and once more showing its commitment to sustainable practices.
“This event reinforces what Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« students are already learning from the university’s year-round composting program” said Jaclyn Boyle, facilities coordinator for and administration at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«. In 2013, Lewis’ main dining hall began an organics collection. Pre-consumer food scraps, which includes all the food scraps created through food prep, are now being diverted from a landfill and instead, sent to be composted. Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« has composted 200 tons of food waste from its ongoing composting program.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« is a Catholic university in the Lasallian tradition offering distinctive undergraduate and graduate programs to 6,700 traditional and adult students. Lewis offers multiple campus locations, online degree programs, and a variety of formats that provide accessibility and convenience to a growing student population. Sponsored by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, Lewis prepares intellectually engaged, ethically grounded, globally connected, and socially responsible graduates. The seventh largest private not-for-profit university in Illinois, Lewis has been nationally recognized by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report. Visit for further information.