Paint Product Stewardship Resources

Listed below are resources related to product stewardship for unwanted paint.

Paint Programs

Paint manufacturers and retailers are using product stewardship principles to design and market their products to create minimal impact on the environment and to reduce wasted paint during and after the life of the product. Manufacturers, retailers, and others can make a difference through:

Paint: NWPSC Activities

See the NWPSC Paint Subcommittee Issue paper (PDF file, 59KB) to learn more about subcommittee activities and next steps.

Washington Paint Stewardship 2012 (SB 6145/HB 2540)

SB 6145, and its companion bill HB 2540 (PDF) were introduced in January 2012 at the initiative of the paint industry American Coatings Association (A

Oregon Paint Stewardship (HB 3037 / HB 2191)

HB 3037, enacted in 2009 and amended in 2011 as HB 2191, requires manufacturers of architectural paint to establish and finance an environmentally sound and cost-effective paint stewardship pilot program.

California Architectural Paint Recovery Program (AB 1343)

AB 1343, signed into law in 2010, requires manufacturers of architectural paint to establish and finance an architectural paint recovery program. A manufacturer of architectural paint solid in California must, individually or through a stewardship organization, submit an architectural paint stewardship plan on or before April 1, 2012 for approval by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is product stewardship?

Product Stewardship and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR): what’s the difference?

Why Product Stewardship?

Who is the NWPSC?

What does the NWPSC do?

Paint

The Problem: Volume, Cost, Waste, Toxicity

Leftover consumer paint is a high volume, costly, and wasted resource. Oil base paint is highly toxic and can have detrimental health and environmental impacts:

Volume: For the year 2000, an estimated 64 million gallons of leftover consumer paint was generated in the US. In Washington State alone (2005), approximately 693,000 gallons of leftover paint was collected at Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) facilities, the second largest waste stream behind oil collected.

Products

The Northwest Product Stewardship Council and its members focus their efforts on products and/or sectors based upon the following criteria:

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