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Paintcare California Celebrates Earth Day, Every Day Here Are Highlights Of Its Four-Plus Years In California


by Kim Beeler • kim@beelermarketing.com


Sonoma County, CA. ~ We all have some cans of leftover paint sitting around the house. Do you know what to do with them? PaintCare, a nonprofi t organization


established by


the paint industry, is making it more convenient to recycle paint throughout California. Since 2012, when the Paint-


Care program started its fi rst permanent


paint stewardship


program in California, it has become much easier to fi nd a place to recycle paint. Paint- Care now oversees 788 paint drop-off locations in Califor- nia, promotes using up leftover paint, and encourages people to buy the right amount of paint in the fi rst place to reduce the amount of leftover paint. As of today, 10 million gallons of paint have been collected and processed through the Califor- nia program and another 10


all brands of unwanted cans of house paint, stain and varnish, even if they were purchased be- fore the program started. Garrett ACE Hardware in


Healdsburg has been a Paint- Care drop-off site since Octo- ber 2014. partment


Garrett’s Paint De- Assistant Manager


million in other states. Most drop-off locations are paint and hardware stores that have volunteered to take back paint. They are open six or seven days a week, year round. The program also works with solid waste transfer stations and most government-run hazard-


ous household waste (HHW) facilities in the state. There is no charge for drop-


ping off paint at a PaintCare location because the program is funded by a nominal fee on new paint. There are 19 Paint- Care locations in Sonoma County where anyone may take


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Jamie Harrington said they are happy to offer customers a con- venient way to dispose of their old paints. It has two bins on site; one fi lls weekly. “Most customers are very excited to hear that their old paint can be recycled here and it’s conve- nient to drop off while running errands,”


Harrington noted.


“It’s a good way to get rid of that paint the previous home- owners left.” Peterson’s Paint & Deco- rating in Petaluma is another drop-off site in Sonoma Coun- ty, which entered the program in November 2013.


Store


Owner Sean Lile said he likes the program because they’re giving people and businesses a better solution for paint re- cycling.


“It’s a fantastic pro-


gram,” Lile said. “People come in with other brands of paint and it doesn’t matter. We’re giving people options to clean out their garage without having to worry about what to do with their old paint sitting around.” To fi nd the PaintCare drop-


off locations and to learn more about the types of prod- ucts that are accepted, visit www.paintcare.org


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