For a 4th year in a row, Compost Winnipeg facilitated a fun and impactful event to divert food waste. 1,042 people came to Polo Park on November 2nd to drop their pumpkins off the parkade and into the Compost Winnipeg truck!
Compost Winnipeg made an effort to educate Winnipeggers on the importance of keeping food waste out of landfills and highlighted the hierarchy of food waste. There are many ways to divert food waste, and the best way to do that is to 1. feed people first, then 2. feed animals, and finally 3. compost the rest.
🎃 1,657 pumpkins (7,057 kg) were collected at the event!
🐄 403 of those went to the Little Red Barn Animal Sanctuary (1,100kg)
🍃 1,254 pumpkins were taken for composting (5,957kg)
👩👧👦 1,042 guests experienced the thrill of throwing pumpkins off a parkade, our largest turnout to date!
⚖️ So far, Compost Winnipeg has also collected 7,725kg of pumpkins from 18 community food waste drop-off locations
🚛 14,782kg of pumpkins diverted from landfill thus far
Please note that community drop-off locations are still accepting pumpkins! See a full list of community drop-off locations here.
Thank you so much to our incredible volunteers and to all the participants of the event! You have made a huge impact in our community by diverting wood waste and reducing methane emissions from the landfill.
Save the date!
The 5th Annual Pumpkin Drop will be Saturday, November 1st, 2025. We look forward to seeing you again next year!
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