Halloween is one of the most creative times of the year — from costumes and candles to pumpkin-lit porches. But once the fun is over, a scarier truth emerges: mountains of waste.

Every October, the UK bins around 18,000 tonnes of pumpkins, most grown purely for carving. That’s millions of edible pumpkins left to rot in landfill, releasing methane — a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than CO₂. 👻

This year, let’s flip the script and make Halloween spookily sustainable. Here’s how to turn your pumpkin guts into garden gold with Bokashi composting from Agriton UK.

🧪 What Is Bokashi Composting?

Think of Bokashi as your very own witch’s cauldron for food waste.
Developed using Effective Microorganisms (EM Technology), Bokashi composting ferments all kitchen waste — including meat, dairy, and those stringy pumpkin insides — right in a sealed bin.

Unlike traditional composting, Bokashi is:

✅ Odour-free and indoor-friendly
✅ Fast and nutrient-rich
✅ Suitable for all food waste — even what your council bin won’t take

The magic ingredient? Bokashi Bran, a natural mix of wheat bran, molasses, and beneficial microbes that start the fermentation process. Within two weeks, your waste becomes a pre-compost that can be added to soil or compost heaps — feeding the next generation of plants. 🌱

🎃 5 Easy Tricks for an Eco-Friendly Halloween

1. Compost Your Pumpkin with Bokashi

After carving, scoop your leftover pumpkin pieces into your Agriton Bokashi bin.
Sprinkle Bokashi bran with every layer to help the microbes do their work. In just a few weeks, your spooky creation will transform into nutrient-rich compost instead of landfill gas.

💡 Tip: Smash large pumpkins into chunks to help the fermentation along — it’s a great post-Halloween stress reliever!

2. Turn Food Waste into Future Soil

From apple cores to leftover toffee apples, Bokashi composting can handle it all.
Instead of binning party leftovers, let Agriton’s microbes recycle them for you. Your plants (and the planet) will thank you.

3. Rethink Costumes & Decorations

The UK throws away 7 million Halloween costumes every year — most made of plastic. 😱
Try swapping costumes with friends, or get crafty with materials you already have. Choose reusable decorations like paper lanterns, gourds, or natural autumn foliage.

4. Go Plastic-Free with Your Treats

Sweet wrappers are a Halloween nightmare for recycling.
Choose foil-wrapped or paper-wrapped sweets, or bake your own spooky treats. For organic food waste (like apple bobbing leftovers), your Bokashi bin has you covered.

5. Make It a Family Tradition

Kids love Halloween magic — and they’ll love learning the “science” behind Bokashi.
Let them sprinkle the bran and watch nature’s tiny “friendly monsters” turn waste into wonder. It’s a great way to teach sustainability in action.

👻 Scary (But True) Halloween Waste Facts

🎃 95% of UK pumpkins are thrown away uneaten — that’s 10 million pumpkins wasted.
🧥 7 million costumes go to landfill after a single use.
🍬 One trick-or-treater can generate 0.5 kg of waste in wrappers and packaging.
💨 Landfilled pumpkins release methane — 25× more potent than CO₂ in warming the planet.

Let’s make that the only scary part of Halloween.

🪱 Why Bokashi Makes Sense

With Agriton’s Bokashi Essential Kit, you can compost all your food waste right from your kitchen — no smell, no fuss, no waste.

Every bucket full of Bokashi compost helps:

Reduce landfill methane emissions
Feed soil microbes and improve structure
Return nutrients back to your garden naturally
Support a circular, zero-waste lifestyle

🧡 Join the #GreenHalloween Movement

This Halloween, let’s give back to the soil that gives us so much.
Instead of tossing your pumpkin, Bokashi it!

👉 Discover how at agriton.co.uk/shop
Explore our Bokashi composting range and learn how to turn spooky scraps into living soil.

Together, we can make every season a little greener — and every pumpkin a little prouder. 🎃🌱

🎃 From Pumpkin Guts to Garden Gold: How to Have a Spookily Sustainable Halloween