The Nabisco brand is ushering in the season very early this year with the return of pumpkin spice-flavored cookies. The treat will hit shelves starting Aug. 15 after a five-year absence from stores.

Every year, about 1.3 billion pumpkins are thrown in the trash in the United States. However, carved, whole, and cooked pumpkins and pumpkin plants are completely compostable.

Slice the pumpkin into smaller pieces, scatter and bury them into the pile. And don’t worry if the pumpkin has already started getting moldy — those microorganisms aid the composting process.

Pumpkin disposal could be done through composting, ... they have a lot of fiber and moisture that is good to a compost pile, but we'd want to chop them up into small pieces," she said.

The pumpkin pile on E. 32nd Street in The Heights has caught the eyes of neighbors, who aren't as impressed. "I know the rain saturated, ...

Every year, about 1.3 billion pumpkins are thrown in the trash in the United States. However, carved, whole, and cooked pumpkins and pumpkin plants are completely compostable.

Slice the pumpkin into smaller pieces, scatter and bury them into the pile. And don’t worry if the pumpkin has already started getting moldy — those microorganisms aid the composting process.