The purpose of this research is to examine the attitudes and opinions of high school students towards recycling practices including the reduction, reuse and recycling of packaging wastes. The design of the research is a mixed design in which quantitative and qualitative designs are used together. The study group of the research consists of the students receiving education in 9th, 10th and 11th grades in two different public high schools in Ankara. The study group in the quantitative dimension of the research consists of 186 students while the study group in the qualitative dimension consists of 12 students. The data of the quantitative dimension of the research were collected with the Attitude Scale for Recycling while the data of the qualitative dimension were collected with the interview form prepared by the researchers. Considering the findings obtained from quantitative data, the attitude scores towards recycling of female students, students receiving education in science high schools, and students in 11th grade were higher compared to male students, the students receiving education in Anatolian high schools and the students in the 10th grade, respectively. In the qualitative dimension of the research, the results obtained were as follows: students find recycling practices necessary both at micro and macro levels; students have high awareness about the issues of reuse and alternative use; students do not find themselves and school-family environment adequate in terms of implementation of recycling practices; students emphasis that recycling practices contribute to both environmental protection and economy, however it was emphasized that recycling should be considered important by local and central government policies rather than individual importance given to the concept.