NRS386.4159. Recycling of paper, paper products and other waste materials; rules and procedures; exception; deposit of money received.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, each school district shall recycle or cause to be recycled the paper and paper products it uses. This subsection does not apply to confidential documents if there is an additional cost for recycling those documents.

      2.  A school district is not required to comply with the requirements of subsection 1 if the board of trustees of the school district determines that the cost to recycle or cause to be recycled the paper and paper products used by the schools in the district is unreasonable and would place an undue burden on the operations of the district or a particular school.

      3.  The board of trustees shall adopt rules which prescribe the procedure for the disposition of the paper and paper products to be recycled. The board of trustees may prescribe a procedure for the recycling of other waste material produced on the premises of the schools in the school district and the administrative offices of the school district.

      4.  Any money received by the school district for recycling or causing to be recycled the paper and paper products it uses must be paid by the board of trustees for credit to the general fund of the school district.

      5.  As used in this section:

      (a) “Paper” includes newspaper, high-grade office paper, fine paper, bond paper, offset paper, xerographic paper, mimeo paper, duplicator paper and any other cellulosic material which contains not more than 10 percent by weight or volume of a noncellulosic material, including, but not limited to, a laminate, binder, coating and saturant.

      (b) “Paper product” means any paper article or commodity, including, but not limited to, paper napkins, towels, cardboard, construction material, paper and any other cellulosic material which contains not more than 10 percent by weight or volume of a noncellulosic material, including, but not limited to, a laminate, binder, coating and saturant.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 3183)