Oregon was the first state to pilot the industry-run PaintCare program in 2010. PaintCare has since refined the program and partners with local communities to tailor to their needs. Jeremy Jones, West Coast Program Manager of PaintCare, emphasized that:

"One size does not fit all – this has certainly been a lesson learned working with local HHW/MRW programs in Oregon and California. Some have reuse rooms, while others reprocess paint at their facility and return it to the community, to name but two examples. We're making long-term partnerships – so we work to understand current operations, use that context to talk through possible options, and tailor each contract to fit."

The Portland Business Journal wrote that the Oregon paint recycling program continued to log "impressive growth," processing "more than 621,000 gallons of paint in 2014, compared to some 581,000 gallons a year earlier." Roy Weedman, PaintCare's Oregon program manager, said these volunteer collection sites "are providing a valuable service to their community and playing a key role in the paint industry’s product stewardship initiative."