RESIDENTS in southern Oxfordshire are being encouraged to make the most of their pumpkins this Halloween.

If they can not be used for cooking or composting, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Council is asking people to recycle their pumpkins as food waste.

Householders can either cut them up and put them in their food waste bins or leave them out next to their bins.

Tony Harbour, cabinet member for waste at South Oxfordshire District Council, said: “Using food waste bins, residents can recycle all cooked and uncooked food waste.”