Partners for Waste Paint Solutions Has
a New Partner for Central Illinois
For Immediate Release
October 21, 2003 |
Contact: Maggie Carson
217-557-8138
TDD: 217-782-9143 |
Springfield, Ill. -- Building Resources Inc. (BRI) in Springfield is the newest member of Illinois
EPA's Partners for Waste Paint Solutions Program and will assist Central Illinois
residents to rid their homes of unwanted or unused paints for beneficial reuse.
"This
program keeps the material from the waste stream and allows much of the material
to be used for its intended purpose," announced Illinois EPA Director
Renee Cipriano.
Beginning this Saturday, October 25, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.,
Building Resources Inc. (BRI), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to
providing resources
to Central Illinois citizens to encourage the renewal and revitalization
of our communities, will become the newest Paint Partner. BRI is located
at 1545
North 11th Street in Springfield and is operated by Dr. John Charlton.
They will be accepting latex and oil-base paint. There will be a $1 charge
per
gallon container or 50 cents per quart. Monthly collections are tentatively
planned.
About 25 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 properly dispose of it. In order to address this large volume of paint,
and be able to direct available funding to the collection of more hazardous
materials, the Agency initiated the "Partners for Waste Paint Solutions" program in 1995.
These partnerships offer consumers the opportunity to deliver
unwanted paint to local participating paint retailers, or Paint Partners
such as the BRI,
where the paint will be reformulated or remixed for reuse. The complete
list of Paint Partners is on the IEPA website.
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