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Causes: Environment, Recycling
Mission: A non-profit organization designed to provide a system for the collection of post-consumer architectural paint and the management of its end-of-product life, including reuse, recycling, energy recovery, and proper disposal.
Programs: California (ca) program - the second state in the u. S. To enact model industry supported, paint stewardship legislation. This model legislation ensures environmentally responsible end-of-life management for leftover architectural paint while relieving local and state governments of the economic burden of post-consumer paint management. Paintcare implemented a paint stewardship program in california in october 2012.
colorado (co) program: the eighth state in the u. S. To enact model, industry supported, paint stewardship legislation. This model legislation ensures environmentally responsible end-of-life management for leftover architectural paint while relieving local and state governments of the economic burden of post-consumer paint management. Paintcare launched a paint stewardship program in colorado in july 2015.
minnesota (mn) program: the fifth state in the u. S. To enact model, industry supported, paint stewardship legislation. This model legislation ensures environmentally responsible end-of-life management for leftover architectural paint while relieving local and state governments of the economic burden of post-consumer paint management. Paintcare launched a paint stewardship program in minnesota in november 2014.