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SCARCE reports record pumpkin‑smash turnout, expanded cooking‑oil collections and wider recycling outreach in DuPage County
Summary
SCARCE said 2024 brought the county’s largest pumpkin‑smash collections and growth in reuse and recycling programs, including new cooking oil pop‑ups, increased book reuse outlets and 27 events already planned for 2025.
Kate (SCARCE) told the DuPage County Sustainability Committee that SCARCE saw its largest pumpkin‑smash turnout and highest tonnage collected in DuPage County during the last season. The program expanded to three Naperville locations and the group captured more compostable material to reduce landfill methane, she said.
SCARCE reported more than 200 gallons of cooking oil collected at several pop‑up sites on a single morning and said Itasca now offers cooking‑oil drop‑off five days a week. The…
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