Pinellas Partners in Recycling

Purpose

PPR’s purpose is to advance recycling and waste reduction initiatives in the Tampa Bay area through education and collaboration.

Policies and Procedures

PPR’s Policies and Procedures identifies the group’s objectives, Voting Membership, officer responsibilities, decision-making process, and more.

Networking Function

PPR includes members from the public sector, private sector, non-governmental organizations, such as Keep Pinellas Beautiful.  See Voting Membership below. Participants include the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and representatives from Hillsborough County, City of Tampa, and Manatee County solid waste and recycling departments.

Advisory Function

PPR provides updates of its activity to the Pinellas County Solid Waste Technical Management Committee and advises the committee as requested.

Work Groups

PPR’s Work Groups support and advance the objectives of PPR. The active Work Groups are:

Contract Work Group

Develops resources to help standardize recycling collection, processing, and marketing contracts through collaboration between the public and private sector.

Contract Work Group Resources

• • Charter
  • Contract Guidance Document

Contract Work Group References

• 1. Countywide Program Recyclables: Standardized List. This list is a resource for municipalities to use when developing recycling contracts. It is not intended for public education about recycling. For information about what to recycle in your community, consult the Recycle Guide, Where Does It Go? Search Tool, or contact your recycling collection service provider.
  2. Pinellas County Recycling Market Analysis, Executive Summary, dated April 2020, Revised June 2020
  3. Pinellas County Recycling Market Analysis, Presentation “Historical Recycling Values and Recommended Recyclables for Collection,” dated July 20, 2020
  4. Recyclable Material Commodity Forecast, Issues, Trends, and Access (FITA) dated July 22, 2020
  5. 2020 Municipal Recyclables Composition Study (for the countywide composition and contamination rate, see page 13, Table 3-2)

Contamination Work Group

This Work Group develops effective outreach campaigns based on research to help decrease contamination in recycling collection programs.

Contamination Work Group Resources

• • Charter

Low Waste Event Guide Work Group

This Work Group is developing a regional guide for zero or low waste events.

Low Waste Event Guide Work Group Resources

• Charter

Upcoming Meetings

To view upcoming meetings, go to the top left of this page and click on the meeting date.

PPR meetings are hosted and coordinated by Pinellas County Solid Waste; they are held every other month for 90 minutes.

Meetings typically include a presentation on the topics of waste reduction, recycling and energy recovery.

Are you interested in presenting to PPR or want to suggest a presenter for us to reach out to? Complete this form!

Past Meetings

Date	Title	Attachments
March 6, 2024	Pinellas Partners in Recycling Meeting	Minutes
January 10, 2024	Pinellas Partners in Recycling Meeting	Minutes
November 8, 2023	Pinellas Partners in Recycling Meeting	Minutes
September 20, 2023	Pinellas Partners in Recycling Meeting	Minutes
July 12, 2023	Pinellas Partners in Recycling Meeting	Minutes
May 4, 2023	Pinellas Partners in Recycling Meeting	Minutes
March 15, 2023	Pinellas Partners in Recycling Meeting	Minutes
January 11, 2023	Pinellas Partners in Recycling Meeting	Minutes
November 9, 2022	Pinellas Partners in Recycling Meeting	Minutes
September 21, 2022	Pinellas Partners in Recycling Meeting	Minutes
July 20, 2022	Pinellas Partners in Recycling Meeting	Minutes
May 18, 2022	Pinellas Partners in Recycling Meeting	Minutes

Voting Membership