MURRAY, Neb. (KLKN) — Instead of tossing out old Halloween pumpkins, families brought them to Scatter Joy Acres to smash, stomp and send them flying on Saturday.
The nonprofit Conservation Nebraska hosted the pumpkin smash bash in an effort to reduce waste and give back to the environment.
“A lot of pumpkins go into landfills each year instead of decomposing and making healthy soil, so this is a good way to reuse those,” said Rebecca Chandler, the program manager of the AmeriCorps Common Ground Program at Conservation Nebraska…