Join local environmental projects with
Forest Hills Green Team

For more information and to get involved, contact fhgtinc@gmail.com, and come to our monthly Zoom meeting.

Composting – FHGT volunteers run a weekly food scrap drop off site in partnership with Queens Botanical Gardens and Commonpoint Queens, every Sunday from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM at their food pantry at 108-13 67 Road.

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Food Scrap Drop off Site last week is Sunday May 19th, the site will CLOSE afterwards

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NYC community compost sites say they must shut down this weekend due to Mayor Adams' cuts - Gothamist

Stewards of Yellowstone Park – We are partnering with NYC Parks Department, along with Earth Citizens Club of Queens, to maintain and beautify Yellowstone Park.

Yellowstone Beautification Project - Our ongoing landscaping and beautification project on Yellowstone Boulevard between Burns and Austin Street.

Metropolitan Avenue Tree Pit Project - We are partnering with Metro Village, the local business group, to upgrade the tree pits along this busy street.

Educating Students - We have done climate change presentations for the PS 196; the Reform Temple of Forest Hills; Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School (MELS) HS; and Bronx HS of Science. Contact us for one at your school.

Advocacy – We have a long history of advocacy for making curbside composting mandatory and continue public education about this program. We have endorsed candidates for the City Council (Lynn Schulman for Council District 29), as well as for State Assembly and State Senate races. We are working with Councilmember Schulman on planting trees that were allocated by Participatory Budgeting.

Coalitions - FHGT is a member of the Save our Compost coalition, the Borough President’s Urban Sustainability Committee, and the Central Queens Against Hate project.

 

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Upcoming activities for the Forest Hills Green Team

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Weeding; Planting and Watering at our Yellowstone Boulevard Site

• Thursday, May 16th

• Starting at 9:30AM

• Yellowstone Boulevard, between Burns and Austin Street

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Let us know at fhgtinc@gmail.com if you want to participate. The event will not be canceled in case of bad weather!

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Monday, May 20, 9:30 AM The NYC Council Committees on Finance, Parks and Recreation, and Sanitation and Solid Waste will hold a joint hearing about the FY25 City Budget on Monday, May 20th at 9:30 am, with public comment beginning at 2:30pm. Forest For All NYC asked if we could send someone to attend the hearing and to give testimony about tree coverage. If interested, please reach out to Matt Salton, mbsalton3@gmail.com. 

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Compost your food scraps & yard waste

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One third of what New Yorkers throw away is food scraps and yard waste!
Visit the NYC Dept. of Sanitation organic waste collection program.

All Queens residential buildings - single family homes and apartment buildings - receive a weekly Curbside Composting collection on the same day as their recycling pick-up.

- Leaf and yard waste separation from trash is now mandatory.
- Separation of food waste and food-soiled paper from trash is now mandatory.
- The warning period for Queens (and all boroughs as service expands) runs through Spring 2025. Starting Spring 2025, ALL NYC residents will be subject to fines.

Find out more about how and what to compost here.

Store your scraps at home in reusable containers or plastic bags, in either the refrigerator or freezer. If you live in an apartment building that does not participate directly in the City's food scrap collection program, you can take it to:

Forest Hills Green Team Community Compost
Join us from 09:30AM to 12:30PM every Sunday (year-round), at 108-13 67th Rd, Forest Hills, NY. Volunteers are invited! Email us to sign up.

FH GreenMarket Food Scraps Drop-off (FSDO): GrowNYC Compost Program
This collection runs from 9 AM to 1 PM every Sunday near Macdonald Park and the FH post office, at 70th Ave & Austin St. Find out more at GrowNYC.

NYC generates 1 million tons of greenhouse gas from municipal landfills annually. Landfill waste in NYC is 41% organic material that could be turned into compost. Organic material that is buried in a landfill and decomposes in the absence of oxygen - anaerobically - produces the powerful greenhouse gas methane.

When organic material is composted, decomposing with oxygen present, much of the carbon is captured in solid form before it can even escape as carbon dioxide gas. This is one of the simplest and most cost-effective methods of slowing down climate change we can find.

 

Contact Elected Officials
 

Click here for a list of elected officials representing our area, and their contact info.
 

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