What started as an eight-week community composting initiative has evolved into a long-term affair. The Houston Heights Association (HHA) president Sharon Dearman said the free weekly composting event at the historic Heights Fire Station, 107 W. 12th St., has been extended indefinitely. Every Wednesday from 5-8 p.m., community members can drop off food waste and have it composted for free. The ongoing events are a partnership between the HHA, Zero Waste Houston and Monica Orozco, a 16-year-old West University resident who initiated the effort as part of her Gold Award project for the Girls Scouts of the USA. Orozco was recognized earlier this month by the Houston City Council, which proclaimed July 13 as "Monica Orozco Day."