Forest Hills Compost Collective Focuses On Regrowth
Reply Madeline Mauceri, 12, and Vanessa DeFerrari clean the Compost Collective's site after it reopened. (Courtesy of Carlos Pesantes) FOREST HILLS, QUEENS — Inside an unassuming lot along Yellowstone Boulevard, in the shadow of the old abandoned Long Island Rail Road tracks that run across the border between Forest Hills and Rego Park, a dedicated crew of volunteers turns trash into treasure. They are the Compost Collective, a group that put down roots in the neighborhood about eight years ago with collection bins at the Church-in-the-Gardens and has since expanded to its own site on Yello...