Green Seal to Develop a Standard for Recycled Paint
BOSTON and WASHINGTON - The Product Stewardship Institute (PSI), Boston; the National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA), Washington; and other stakeholders in a national paint dialogue have chosen Green Seal, Inc., Washington, to develop a national standard for recycled paint. Green Seal will issue a final standard by August 31, 2006. The proposed standard is available at www.productstewardship.us/displayPage.php?pageid=75 and www.greenseal.org/ draftdocs.htm.
The agreement to involve Green Seal came out of a project funded by the California Integrated Waste Management Board, San Joaquin County in California; Portland Metro in Oregon; and the Dunn-Edwards Corp., as one of 11 projects spearheaded by the Paint Product Stewardship Initiative (PPSI). PPSI is a dialogue facilitated by PSI that includes more than 60 stakeholders, including paint manufacturers; recyclers; painting contractors; and federal, state and local government agencies. PSI organized the initiative in 2003 around the issue of reducing paint waste.