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One Million Gallons of Leftover Paint Collected in NY State

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Thursday, September 21, 2023
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ALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PaintCare, a national nonprofit organization that makes it easy to recycle leftover household paint, stain, and varnish, has announced that its New York program has now recovered more than one million gallons of architectural paint products. The paint was collected from households, schools, and businesses across the state through both community events and convenient drop-off locations. The organization has no plans of slowing down on collection efforts either, as it just opened its 300th recycling drop-off site to further expand its footprint across the state.

Key Points: 
  • The paint was collected from households, schools, and businesses across the state through both community events and convenient drop-off locations.
  • PaintCare was created by the American Coatings Association (ACA) to manage leftover paint in states that have enacted paint stewardship laws.
  • New York's Postconsumer Paint Collection Program is a result of a paint stewardship law that was passed by the State Legislature in 2019.
  • To assist with larger volumes of paint, PaintCare also offers free direct pickups to businesses, organizations, and households with 100 gallons or more of leftover paint.

PaintCare Celebrates Milestone Anniversary in New York; Over 700,000 Gallons of Leftover Paint Collected to Date

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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"New Yorkers across the state are discovering how easy it is to recycle their leftover paint through the new PaintCare program.

Key Points: 
  • "New Yorkers across the state are discovering how easy it is to recycle their leftover paint through the new PaintCare program.
  • To assist with larger volumes of paint, PaintCare offers free direct pickups to businesses, organizations, and households with 100 gallons or more of leftover paint.
  • Most of the paint PaintCare receives is water-based latex paint which can be recycled back into paint by processors, which includes Empire Recycled Paint, GreenSheen Paint, and other valuable partners.
  • The program is funded by a fee on sales of new paint and remitted to PaintCare by paint manufacturers to operate the program.

Washingtonians Drop Off 581,363 Gallons of Paint in First Nine Months of Recycling Program

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Monday, May 2, 2022
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The program, which is guided by the states paint stewardship law (SHB 1652), officially launched on April 1, 2021.

Key Points: 
  • The program, which is guided by the states paint stewardship law (SHB 1652), officially launched on April 1, 2021.
  • Now, a year into collection, PaintCare estimates that Washingtonians have dropped off approximately 842,000 gallons of unwanted paint.
  • The new paint recycling program allows people to recycle unwanted paint easily and responsibly at a network of 210 drop-off sites across the state.
  • By recycling this paint, PaintCare benefits consumers and the environment by diverting paint from Washingtons waste stream and reusing and recycling it in communities across the state.

Paint Recycling Program Launches in Washington State

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Thursday, April 1, 2021
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A new paint recycling program beginning today in the state of Washington allows households and businesses to recycle leftover paint, stain, and varnish conveniently and sustainably.

Key Points: 
  • A new paint recycling program beginning today in the state of Washington allows households and businesses to recycle leftover paint, stain, and varnish conveniently and sustainably.
  • There has been tremendous effort to create a paint recycling program in Washington state, said Jeremy Jones, West Coast Program Manager, PaintCare.
  • Washingtons paint recycling program was made possible under the paint stewardship law ( SHB 1652 ), which was passed by the Washington State Legislature, and signed into law by Gov.
  • We are so pleased that paint recycling is now a reality for Washington State, said Megan Warfield, Ecologys Paint Program Lead.

Coloradans Recycled More Than 650,000 Gallons of Paint in Colorado -- Equivalent to an Olympic-Sized Pool

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Wednesday, July 24, 2019
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The program has collected and processed more than 2.37 million gallons of paint since it began in 2015.

Key Points: 
  • The program has collected and processed more than 2.37 million gallons of paint since it began in 2015.
  • "2018 was PaintCare's third full year operating a paint recycling program in Colorado," said Kevin Lynch, PaintCare Colorado's program manager.
  • The program collected an estimated 712,204 gallons of paint and processed 654,476 gallons of postconsumer paint.
  • 14.04 million gallons of architectural paints were sold in Colorado, a nearly 50% increase since the program's inception in 2015.

Earth Day Survey: Millennials Set to Outdo Boomers in Paint Recycling Amid Rising Paint Sales

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
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SAN DIEGO, April 23, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- New data suggests that California millennials are set to do an even better job at paint recycling than baby boomers, the original "Earth Day generation."

Key Points: 
  • SAN DIEGO, April 23, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- New data suggests that California millennials are set to do an even better job at paint recycling than baby boomers, the original "Earth Day generation."
  • But PaintCare, a non-profit stewardship organization running paint recycling programs in states that pass paint stewardship laws, was encouraged to find that most Californians (55 percent) have a gallon or less of paint stored.
  • Paint manufacturers created PaintCare , a non-profit stewardship organization, to run recycling programs in states as they pass paint stewardship laws.
  • Through PaintCare, the paint industry sets up drop-off locations for unused paint, arranges for recycling and proper disposal of the paint, and conducts outreach about proper paint management.

PaintCare Announces Innovative Recycling Grant Competition

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Tuesday, January 15, 2019
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PaintCare , a national non-profit running paint recycling programs across the country, today announced its inaugural Innovative Recycling Grant Competition.

Key Points: 
  • PaintCare , a national non-profit running paint recycling programs across the country, today announced its inaugural Innovative Recycling Grant Competition.
  • PaintCare will conduct three separate competitions using funding from the PaintCare recycling programs currently operating in California, Colorado, and Connecticut.
  • PaintCare sets up drop-off locations for unused paint, arranges for recycling and proper disposal of the paint, and conducts outreach about proper paint management.
  • PaintCare currently runs paint recycling programs in California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Maine, Minnesota, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

PaintCare Announces Innovative Recycling Grant Competition

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Monday, January 14, 2019
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SAN DIEGO, Jan. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --PaintCare, a national non-profit running paint recycling programs across the country, today announced its inaugural Innovative Recycling Grant Competition.

Key Points: 
  • SAN DIEGO, Jan. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --PaintCare, a national non-profit running paint recycling programs across the country, today announced its inaugural Innovative Recycling Grant Competition.
  • "Since PaintCare launched in California, we've recycled nearly 12 million gallons of paint statewide," said Fred Gabriel, PaintCare's director of operations.
  • PaintCare will conduct three separate competitions using funding from the PaintCare recycling programs currently operating in California, Colorado, and Connecticut.
  • PaintCare currently runs paint recycling programs in California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Maine, Minnesota, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Paint Recycling Program Celebrates Continued Success in Rhode Island

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Monday, November 19, 2018
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PROVIDENCE, R.I., Nov. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Since its launch in June of 2014, PaintCare's paint stewardship program in Rhode Island has continued to expand and find growing success.

Key Points: 
  • PROVIDENCE, R.I., Nov. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Since its launch in June of 2014, PaintCare's paint stewardship program in Rhode Island has continued to expand and find growing success.
  • The PaintCare program in Rhode Island currently boasts a network of 32 year-round drop-off sites that will accept unused paint.
  • Unique to Rhode Island, a single entity, the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC), provides all of the state's Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection services through their Eco-Depots.
  • "We are pleased with the continued success of this program in Rhode Island," said Program Manager Laura Honis, "and are grateful to all of our valued retail partners."

Paint Recycling Program Celebrates Continued Success in Vermont

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Monday, November 19, 2018
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MONTPELIER, Vt., Nov. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Since its launch in May of 2014, PaintCare's paint stewardship program in Vermont has continued to expand and find growing success.

Key Points: 
  • MONTPELIER, Vt., Nov. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Since its launch in May of 2014, PaintCare's paint stewardship program in Vermont has continued to expand and find growing success.
  • The PaintCare program in Vermont currently boasts a network of 75 year-round drop-off sites that will accept unused paint.
  • The majority of drop-off sites (65) are paint retailers that accept paint from the public during their regular business hours.
  • PaintCare Inc., a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, was established by paint manufacturers (paint producers) to implement and operate paint stewardship programs in U.S. states and jurisdictions that have passed paint stewardship laws.