Statewide Paint Recycling Program Gets California Stamp of Approval
SACRAMENTO, CA – Caroll Mortensen, Director of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), approved the PaintCare California Architectural Paint Stewardship Program Plan on July 19 on behalf of the State of California. Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation for the plan into law in September 2010. The paint industry, through the American Coatings Association, designed the program. PaintCare Inc., representing paint manufacturers, submitted the program plan on their behalf.
The new law requires paint manufacturers to create and fund a convenient, cost-effective and environmentally responsible program to manage post-consumer paint (unused or leftover paint). The plan is modeled after PaintCare’s successful pilot program in Oregon that launched two years ago and was the first of its kind in the United States. PaintCare’s California Paint Stewardship Program will launch in October of this year.