Chances are that you’ve got a couple of old paint cans lying around, with leftover paint that you will never use. Recently, a friend of mine told me about the non-profit PaintCare.org, which “represents paint manufacturers (paint producers) to plan and operate paint stewardship programs in U.S. states and jurisdictions that pass paint stewardship laws.”
Conveniently, PaintCare maps out sites where people can drop off their partially-filled paint cans (interior and exterior), as well as clear finishes, sealers, primers, and stains.
Typically, I wait for Erie County’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection events to take place, but more often than not these are small windows of time, and in places that are not exactly convenient. Because of this, unwanted paint cans tend to get stacked in a corner of the garage, awaiting the perfect opportunity to drop them off.
Now, that perfect opportunity abounds, thanks to a handful of convenient drop-off sites that are in closer proximity to my house. Plus, since I don’t have to wait for a pop-up event, I can rest assured that I can make a drop-off at my leisure.
It’s illegal to dispose of used paint cans, partially filled with paint, in garbage cans, but people still do it. Or they illegally dump them in random places.
Thanks to PaintCare.org, there’s no excuse to not do the right thing.
Click here to interact with the organization’s Drop-off Site Locator.
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