Partners for Waste Paint Solutions Has
a New Partner
For Immediate Release
September 4, 2003 |
Contact: Maggie Carson
217-557-8138
TDD: 217-782-9143 |
Springfield, Ill. -- “The Illinois EPA has a new partner in its efforts to eliminate unusable
paints from the waste stream,” announced Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano.
Greg
Waters, a paint retailer in McLean County, signed an agreement with the Agency
to accept unwanted or unused latex paint products from local area residents
for a small fee at the Paint Depot, 2407 G.E Road in Bloomington. Reusable
paint will be reformulated by the Paint Depot for resale or donation. The Illinois
EPA disposes of waste paint collected in an environmentally sound manner.
About
24 percent of the waste collected during the Illinois EPA's one-day Household
Hazardous Waste Collections is paint. The Agency then pays a contractor to
recycle or properly dispose of it. In order to address this large volume of
paint, and
be able to use available funding to collect more hazardous materials, the Agency
initiated the "Partners
for Waste Paint Solutions" program.
These partnerships offer consumers the opportunity to deliver unwanted
paint to local participating paint retailers, or “Paint Partners,” such as
the Paint
Depot, where it will be reformulated or remixed for reuse.
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