Connecticut’s Paint Stewardship Plan to Launch in July
BOSTON - Two years after the passage of the Connecticut Paint Stewardship Law, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has approved a plan to implement the state's paint stewardship program beginning July 1, 2013. The implementation plan was prepared and submitted by PaintCare Inc., a nonprofit organization established by the American Coatings Association to oversee paint take-back programs nationwide.
The approval makes Connecticut the third state in the nation to implement a paint take-back law based on a model program facilitated in 2007 by the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI). In 2010, Oregon became the first state to roll out a leftover paint collection and recycling program via paint stewardship legislation, followed by California in 2012. Rhode Island is expected to implement its legislation-backed paint stewardship program in July 2014.