A non-profit organization that recycles household paint wants the leftovers from your home-decorating projects.
Product Care Recycling accepts indoor and outdoor paint, primer, wood finishing oils, varnish and more at several locations in the Tri-Cities, including: Return-It depots on the Barnet and Lougheed highways; RONA stores at 2798 Barnet and 425 Lebleu Street in Coquitlam; Wastech at 1200 United Boulevard.; and the Biggar bottle depot at 2577 Kingsway in Port Coquitlam.
After they’re dropped off, the paint and coating products are sorted by quality and type at Product Care’s plant in Delta, then recycled into new paint or for manufacturing concrete, as well as energy recovery.
“Recycling leftover paint products gives them a second life instead of adding to landfill waste,” said Product Care’s Rachel Nelken. “Every can of recycled paint counts.”
In fact, last year the company recycled nearly 3 million litres of paint in British Columbia, and since 1994, it has diverted more than 82 million litres of paint from Canadian landfills — that’s enough paint to flow over Niagara Falls for 26 seconds.
To get a full list of products accepted for recycling, as well as specific locations where they can be dropped off, go to www.productcare.org.
