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Smash Don't Trash

Smash Don't Trash was started in 2018 by CompostNow and Asheville GreenWorks as a way to fight pumpkin waste at Halloween. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, most of the 1.3 billion pounds of pumpkins produced in the U.S. end up in the landfill! These discarded pumpkins add to the more than 254 million tons of municipal solid waste produced in the U.S. every year. Trashed pumpkins, like other food waste sent to the landfill, will emit methane, a greenhouse gas 25x more potent than CO2. But, organizations like CompostNow and Asheville GreenWorks believe that the nutrients found in pumpkins and other food scraps should be used to build healthy soil rather than sit in the landfill. 

“Smash Don’t Trash” is a free, family-friendly event held at New Belgium Brewing Company.

All compostables will be collected by Smoky Mountain Waste and processed by Danny’s Dumpster, a family-owned hauling and processing business in Asheville.


See you in 2020!

​Asheville GreenWorks is a 501(c)3 non-profit environmental organization, governed by a Board of Directors. Established in 1973, GreenWorks mission is to inspire, equip and mobilize individuals and communities to take care of the places we love to live.
  • Programs
    • Bee City USA Asheville >
      • Pollinator Garden Certification
      • Native Pollinator Plants and Nurseries
      • Pollination Celebration >
        • Pollinator Photo Contest
    • Rivers & Roads >
      • Adopt-a-Street
      • Cleanup Supply Stations
      • Clean Streams Day
      • Trash Trout
      • WNC Big Sweep
    • Education
    • Urban Forestry >
      • Cool Green Asheville
      • Adopt-a-Spot
      • Food Tree Project
      • Ravenscroft Reserve Initiative
      • Tree Nursery
      • Treasured Trees >
        • Treasured Trees Calendar
    • Waste Reduction >
      • Asheville Bag Monster
      • Composting Information
      • Flip Your Lid
      • Hard 2 Recycle
      • Plastics Reduction Task Force
      • Recycling Information
      • Smash Don't Trash
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer
    • Experiential Internships
    • Youth Environmental Leadership Program
    • Make a Donation
    • Wish List
    • Sponsorship
  • Upcoming Events
  • About
    • Contact Us
    • Job Openings
    • History
    • Newsletter Archive
  • Newsletter Signup
  • Blog Roll
    • Latest News
    • Protect our Pollinators
    • Voice for the Trees
    • Mind Your Plastic May
    • Fall Leaves