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Bringing Paint Product Stewardship to California
© 2009 by the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB)
What is the Be Paint Wise Partnership?
• San Joaquin County• Tehama County• City and County of San Francisco• CIWMB• California Product Stewardship Council• Follow our progress at:
http://www.calpsc.org/projects/SanJoaquin.html
© 2009 by the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB)
Why Paint?
• Paint is the largest volume product • Local governments spend $27 million
annually• More than 2 million gallons of leftover
paint must be managed each year• Californian’s spend more than $90
million per year buying excess paint
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Leftover paint is a serious problem!
Photo taken at a home near Oroville, California in 2009.
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Why Extended Producer Responsibility for Paint?
• Shifts the burden of managing product waste from local governments to the producers
• Saves government $27 million/yr• Encourages green design• Creates green jobs!• Encourages reuse first, then recycling
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Paint Stewardship Project Goals
Long-Term: Begin the transition to the Paint Product Stewardship Program developed by PPSI
Short-Term:1. Launch educational campaigns2. Develop a stewardship system that can
be easily modeled for all of CA
Paint Stewardship Project Objectives
1. Teach consumers to purchase only what they need
2. Recruit retail paint collection sites3. Foster use of recycled-content paint4. Increase paint re-use opportunities5. Roll-out product stewardship
program statewide
Objective 1: PR on paint collection and source
reduction
• Convene consumer focus groups• Develop education materials on paint
source reduction • Distribute education materials to paint
retailers• Give presentations to local government,
retailers, business groups and others.
Focus Group Results
• Keep it simple. Use bullet points• Biggest motivator is cost savings• Consumers don’t equate themselves
with local government• Point of Sale education is best• HHW Facility? What’s that??• What is recycled paint??• Message from a variety of sources
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Objective 2: Fostering Recycled Paint Procurement
• Create market demand for recycled-content paint
• What is GS-43?• Integrate EPR language for latex paint
into government procurement policies• Teach local governments how to
purchase recycled-content paint off the state contract
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Objective 3: Recruit Paint Collection Sites
• Conduct a barrier study• Develop materials for establishing
successful paint collection sites• Recruit collection sites • Support paint collection • Evaluate the pilot project and
summarize findings
Objective 4: Increase Paint Reuse
• Develop paint reuse fact sheet and outreach materials
• Disseminate reuse materials through websites, listserves, conferences, etc.
• Identify and recruit reuse locations• Survey reuse sites
Objective 5: Statewide Stewardship Roll-Out
• Gather information on existing collection infrastructure and service gaps
• Work with industry and the PPSI Group• Hold a statewide conference• Hand it over to the paint industry!
So What Can You Do?
• Document paint quantity and costs• Ensure your organization is buying
recycled paint• Add paint SWAP to HHW programs• Identify local retailers and others
interested in being swaps or collection sites
For More Information:
Kimbra Andrews, Management AnalystSan Joaquin County Public Works
(209) [email protected]
Visit the Grant Project Webpage:http://www.calpsc.org/projects/SanJoaquin.html
Or CPSC’s Paint Webpage:http://www.calpsc.org/products/paint.html