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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.