Cardboard, Paper, and Newspaper Recycling

The District School Board of Pasco County contracts with Recycling Services of Florida to recycle its paper products into insulation sold locally at Home Depot and Lowes. Each school has at least one 8-yard Recycling Services of Florida recycling container for the school to recycle their paper products.

What Can Be Recycled?

Brown paper bags, cardboard, cereal boxes, construction paper, gift wrap, magazines, newspaper, paper, and phone books may be placed loosely into the Recycling Services of Florida recycling container. All cardboard boxes must be flattened. Plastic windows should be removed from envelopes.

Please do not place organics, glass, metal, plastic bottles, plastic bags, aluminum, string, or foam in the Recycling Services of Florida recycling container.

As part of the recycling agreement, all service requests for your Recycling Services of Florida recycling container must go through the Conservation and Recycling Operations. A variety of recycling containers can be ordered for free to assist you with your recycling efforts. For specific procedures for recycling paper products, please refer to the Recycling Manual.

Textbook Recycling

All worn and obsolete surplus textbooks should be recycled in accordance with district procedures. The used surplus textbooks are picked up at schools by the warehouse and the approved vendor processes them into new products through our recycling vendors. For specific procedures for recycling textbooks, please contact the Office of Leading and Learning.