Halloween is this Friday, and city officials are encouraging residents to give their pumpkins a fun and sustainable send-off after the celebrations.

Community members are invited to the City of San Luis Obispo's annual Pumpkin Smash event this Saturday.

People can bring their unpainted Halloween pumpkins to French Park in San Luis Obispo and toss them onto a smash board.

Rachelle Paris, the City of San Luis Obispo Solid Waste and Recycling coordinator, told KSBY that the discarded pumpkins will be turned into energy and valuable compost.

"Smash your pumpkins into our green cart, and they'll be transported to the Kompogas anaerobic digester, where they get turned into power that fuels homes and nutrient rich compost that goes on our local farms and local parks," Paris said. "Last year,

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