What are you capable of doing Bonvillian? Do you have some woods in the area you can leave them to the raccoons? Or like R&R suggested, a compost heap to add them too? I would imagine leaving them there is fine, but would add an awful lot of decomposition when you start filling up again. If there are a lot of them anyway. Personally, I would remove and either scatter them in woods if possible, or simply seal them in a trash can until garbage day. May want to take your garbage man out for a beer the week after.