What to Do With That Rotting Pumpkin Corpse
Millions end up rotting in landfills. But Halloween’s leftover pumpkins don’t have to go to waste.
Linda Poon
Linda Poon is a staff writer at CityLab covering science and urban technology, including smart cities and climate change. She previously covered global health and development for NPR’s Goats and Soda blog.
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