Compost pumpkins, gourds in Gurnee Saturday

Woodland Elementary School District 50, the village of Gurnee, SCARCE (School & Community Assistance for Recycling and Composting) and Waste Management are teaming for a pumpkin composting event Saturday, Nov. 3.

Residents to drop off their expiring pumpkins and gourds from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the northwest parking lot of Woodland Intermediate School, 1115 Hunt Club Road, in Gurnee. A Dumpster donated by Waste Management will be in the parking lot.