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May 4, 2022

Paint Recycling Program

PaintCare released the first annual report for its Washington paint recycling program. The program, which is guided by the state's paint stewardship law (SHB 1652), officially launched on April 1, 2021. In its first nine months of operation, PaintCare collected 581,363 gallons of paint, diverting most of it out of landfills and putting it to beneficial use. Now, a year into collection, PaintCare estimates that Washingtonians have dropped off approximately 842,000 gallons of unwanted paint. The paint recycling program allows people to recycle unwanted paint at a network of 210 drop-off sites across the state. PaintCare is a nonprofit organization created by the paint industry through the American Coatings Association to manage leftover paint in states that have enacted paint stewardship laws. PaintCare also offers free on-location pickup to businesses, organizations and households with 100 gallons of paint or more to recycle. The paint stewardship law includes a small fee — called the PaintCare fee — on the sale of any new paint in the state, which funds all aspects of the program including paint collection, transportation, processing and public education. Information regarding drop-off sites and the type of products accepted is available at http://www.paintcare.org/.




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