TRICK or Treaters in Bracknell are being urged not to let their pumpkins go to waste this Halloween.

Re3 recycling and Bracknell Forest Council is encouraging residents to recycle their pumpkins to prevent them from going to landfill.

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Once Halloween is over, pumpkins can be chopped up and added into a compost bin.

For residents in Wokingham, pumpkins can be placed into a food caddy or if it's too large, it can sit sex to your outdoor food waste bin on the day of collection.

Bracknell residents can visit their nearest recycling centre in Longshot Lane, Bracknell or Smallmead in Reading during the week of Halloween to dispose their pumpkin alongside other household waste.

It is predicted more than eight million pumpkins are likely to be binned across the UK, which is equivalent to 18,000 tonnes of edible pumpkin flesh, enough to make 360 million portions of pumpkin pie.

Disposing pumpkins can be recycled with other food waste and turned into bio-fertiliser and energy.

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Designated bins will be displayed at the recycling centres between November 1 and November 10 and can only be used for pumpkin waste.

Re3 recommends residents to use their pumpkins to cook dishes such as pumpkin pie, risotto, soup or even pumpkin flavoured mulled wine.

The seeds can also be used by boiling them in salted water, then baked in the oven to make a tasty snack.