Ag Ed. Department Replaces Old Recycling Sheds

On Tuesday, May 15, FFA members and Agriculture Education students took the old recycling sheds and replaced them with blue and yellow recycling sheds in the Pamida parking lot. The new recycling sheds were constructed by FFA members and Ag Ed. students with the funding from an FFA grant called “Living to Serve.” Living to Serve is a federally funded program focused on rural communities to develop, implement, and evaluate community-based service-learning projects that meet an identified community need. This is the second installment of the grant, continuing on from last year’s paper bins.

Community supporters included Richland Opportunities, Inc., USDA, Richland County, and the city of Sidney. Richland Opportunities, Inc. (ROI) has been one of the biggest supporters/ partners in the creation of the new sheds. The design of the new sheds was highly recommended by ROI, saying they are more operator-friendly for the ROI employees and hold more items than the old sheds. ROI also hopes to see additional sheds across Sidney and Richland Co. to be replaced in the future by similarly-constructed sheds. Funds from the grant are also used to help fuel-up ROI’s new cardboard-recycling truck they got earlier this year.

Students not only constructed and painted the sheds, but they also moved the new sheds to the Pamida parking lot and removed the old recycling sheds. The sheds have been finished since April, and are ready to be put to use now by the public. Eventually, signs will be placed on the sheds signifying which items go where, just like how they were on the old sheds. Sidney FFA and ROI would like to thank the community for their support and hope to continue working together to help improve Richland County’s recycling and recycling efficiency.