Saturday, October 21, 2023

 Recycle Livingston to hold Ribbon Cutting & Open House of new building

Recycle Livingston is holding a Ribbon Cutting & Open House of its new building on Monday, Oct. 30th. The Ribbon Cutting will be held at 4p.m., with the Open House continuing after that until 6 p.m.

Prizes and food will be available for those attending the event. The former includes free t-shirts and other prizes, with the drawings held every 30 minutes. T-Shirts will also be available for purchase. Attendees can also meet 5heartworm Farm, with worm castings also on sale. The proceeds from the sales go to help fund Recycle Livingston.

The public is invited to attend, but requested to RSVP at recycleliv@sbcglobal.net.

The facility is located at 170 Catrell Drive in Howell.

The non-profit organization operates a drop-off center for recyclable items and is using the new building for offices and as a baling center.

Edward & June Kellogg Family Foundation helped fund part of the construction cost and in appreciation for this assistance the building is being called the Kellogg Environmental Center while the overall facility will continue to be called Recycle Livingston.

At the time of the groundbreaking, which was held on April 10th, the total cost of the construction was tabbed at around $750,000. A grant obtained from the Michigan Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy covered $463,684.80 of the costs, while the Kellogg Foundtion was contributing $184,000. The remaining expense was covered by Recycle Livingston.

The donation by the Kellogg Foundation provided the necessary matching money that enabled the organization to obatin the state grant.

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