Welcome
Nonprofit organization that started in 1989. The purpose of this website is to provide information about how to use our facility and encourage other people to volunteer, make donations, and get involved. Recycle Livingston needs donations and memberships in order to survive. Recycle Livingston needs to raise the membership fees $2 due to rising operational costs.
Membership Fees
Senior Household $22/yr
Regular Household $27/yr
Small Business Membership $87/yr
Recycling Hours
Saturday 9:00am - 1:00pm
Every Wednesday 11:00am - 5:30pm
View What Goes Where? to see instructions.
Scheduled Site and Office Closures
Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011
Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011
Unscheduled Site Closures
If the public schools are closed, Recycle Livingston will also be closed. Recycle Livingston may also close due to weather conditions, including but not limited to: severe heat (heat index in the 90's); thunderstorms/tornado warnings; severe cold (zero wind chill or single digit temps). When these or other questionable weather conditions exist, call the office before coming to the site.
Notice: Recycling triangle must contain #1 through #7
Shredding Day Nov. 5th (see below for more info)
Newly Accepted Item(s)
- Boat shrink wrap
Shredding Day at Recycle Livingston
Saturday, Nov. 5th from 8 a.m. until 12 noon. There is a $3 gate fee for nonmembers that will allow them to recycle 3 boxes for free and $1 fee for each additional box. A box is defined as one foot square at the narrow end and about one foot tall by two feet long at the longer end. Recycle Livingston members can recycle three boxes for free and pay $1 fee for each additional box.
Interesting Recycling Facts
- In 2006, nearly 1.5 billion pounds of electronics were discarded in the U.S.
- E waste accounts for nearly 70% of the heavy metals found in landfills.
- E waste is growing at 3x the rate of other municipal wastes.
- A single cathode ray tube can contain up to 8 pounds of lead.
Office Hours
Recycle Livingston employees all work part time. If you need to speak with someone during non-site hours, please call ahead to make sure that someone will be there. The telephone number is 1-517-548-4439. If you notice that someone is there, you are welcome to stop by the white office trailer. When we are there, we try to leave the small gate open or half gate open for office traffic.
Business members may recycle during office hours. Please call ahead to make sure we are there. Sometimes we need to do errands.
How to Find Us
We are located at 170 Catrell Street in Howell, Michigan. Please note that the Catrell Street address is our physical site only. Mail sent to the Catrell Street address will be returned by the Post Office as undeliverable. Our mailing address is indicated at the top of each of our web pages.
The site is North of Grand River, between National and Chilson, behind the Dollar General and Grundy Ace Hardware stores. Big Lots is on the opposite side of Grand River.