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Students Blaze Trail Through Recycled Art

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By The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 30, 2008

Updated: 01/29/2008 03:55 pm

NEW PORT RICHEY One person's trash is another person's artwork.

That's true each February when high school-age teens compete in the Art of Recycling, showing off their creativity, promoting reusable resources and vying for monetary money rewards and other prizes.

And there's a bonus: Graduating seniors who have entered the contest may apply for the Art of Recycling Scholarship through the Pasco Education Foundation.

The exhibit is on display through March during business hours in the lobby of the West Pasco Government Center off Little Road.

The students use 70 percent recycled materials to express an environmental theme through painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, wearable art and architecture.

They compete for honors in these categories: Best use of newspaper, best art, best environmental concept, best use of materials, theme award, commissioner's award, recycling award, best use of wire and the people's choice.

Sponsored by the Pasco school district, county government, the Pasco Arts Council and corporate contributors, the Art of Recycling is open to students at public and private high schools and to home-schooled teens.

The school district's recycling policy is to be a community role model by:

Avoiding products that are overpackaged; and helping to create markets for recyclables by purchasing recycled goods whenever it makes economic sense.

For more information on school district efforts, visit http://recycle.pasco.k12.fl.us.

The exhibit is on display through March in the lobby of the West Pasco Government Center off Little Road.

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