New program intends to recuperate and recycle numerous countless gallons of remaining paint each year through regional partners and drop-off websites
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Dec. 2, 2025/ PRNewswire/– A brand-new paint recycling program start December 1, in Illinois, allows families and companies to recycle remaining paint, stain, and varnish easily and sustainably. The program is run by PaintCare, a not-for-profit company developed by paint business through the American Coatings Association ( ACA) to handle remaining paint in states that have actually enacted paint stewardship laws. A collection network of over 250 drop-off websites throughout Illinois are prepared for, which is accomplished through collaborations with paint and hardware retailers and city government centers.
” We’re thrilled to bring PaintCare to Illinois, offering households and companies, simple, year-round choices for recycling remaining paint,” stated Michael W. Johnson, CEO at the American Coatings Association. ” This program showcases the finishings market’s dedication to ingenious, sustainable services for our neighborhoods. Our objective is to make it simple and hassle-free to ‘recycle the rest,’ developing an accountable service for our market that advantages everybody who utilizes paint and the environment.”
“ Illinois paint and hardware sellers, in addition to city government centers, are necessary partners in this effort,” stated Ross Dudzik, Illinois Program Supervisor at PaintCare. ” Their determination to offer area and function as hassle-free drop-off places is genuinely the foundation of this program. We anticipate inviting extra partners and assisting neighborhoods throughout Illinois recuperate and recycle numerous countless gallons of remaining paint.”
The paint recycling program was enabled under the paint stewardship law that was passed unopposed by the Illinois State Legislature and signed into law by Gov. JB Pritzker in 2023. Under this law, paint makers are needed to establish and carry out an affordable paint stewardship program that will minimize the generation of remaining paint, promote paint reuse and recycling, and handle the postconsumer paint waste stream utilizing ecologically sound management practices. Oversight for the program will be offered by the Illinois Epa (EPA).
” The launch of the PaintCare program represents an essential advance in broadening important recycling choices for Illinois families and companies,” stated James Jennings, Director, Illinois EPA “This collective statewide effort, led by PaintCare and its partner network, genuinely reinforces the more comprehensive efforts to save resources and embrace more sustainable recycling practices. It’s an interesting brand-new chapter for Illinois and the environment.”
Illinois State Senator Linda Holmes includes, “This program is an incredible win for Illinois households, companies, and our environment. For many years, citizens have actually been requesting an easier, more accountable method to get rid of old paint, and I’m happy to have actually sponsored legislation that straight reacts to that requirement. This program will supply more collection websites than in the past; I think easier gain access to as extra drop-off websites sign up with the system will be a reward to households and company owner to securely get rid of remaining paint and maximize area in their homes and companies.”
PaintCare’s Illinois program follows comparable paint stewardship laws and programs in California, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Maine, Minnesota, New York City, Rhode Island, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington, and a program is being established for Maryland The Illinois Paint Stewardship costs was supported by a broad union of local and ecological companies, consisting of the Illinois EPA; the Illinois Item Stewardship Council; and the Item Stewardship Institute (PSI).
“ Illinois is the most recent PaintCare program to come online, structure on almost 20 years of partnership and shown outcomes,” stated Scott Cassel, President, Item Stewardship Institute, who moderated the 2005 nationwide contract that brought more than 300 stakeholders together and resulted in the very first paint EPR law in Oregon in 2007. “As the most recent of 12 PaintCare programs, Illinois signs up with a tested structure that makes paint recycling hassle-free for citizens and lowers expenses for city governments.”
” We are thrilled by the cooperation in between sellers, makers, counties, and regional neighborhoods interacting to make this program a success. We anticipate seeing it broaden into brand-new communities throughout the state in the coming weeks and months,” stated Marta Keane, Chairman, Illinois Item Stewardship Council
How It Functions
PaintCare makes it hassle-free to recycle remaining paint by developing drop-off websites at regional paint sellers, which are centrally situated and open throughout regular organization hours, along with city government centers. These places are simple to discover by going to PaintCare’s online website locator at paintcare.org, or by calling PaintCare’s hotline number at (855) PAINT09.
PaintCare websites accept both latex- and oil-based architectural paint items, consisting of exterior and interior paints, guides, discolorations, sealants, and varnishes. Paint should be dropped off in its initial container with its initial maker’s label. All websites accept items from any maker. A complete list of items accepted by the program is offered on PaintCare’s site at paintcare.org/products.
All websites accept a minimum of 5 gallons of paint from each client, some websites might accept more. Those preparing to drop off paint are motivated to call ahead to guarantee the website can accept the quantity and kind of paint they wish to recycle and verify the website’s hours of operation.
Services, companies, and families with 100 gallons of paint or more to recycle might ask for a totally free pickup at their area. Some constraints use. More info and a demand type can be discovered on PaintCare’s site at paintcare.org/pickup.
There is no charge to families and companies when dropping off remaining paint for recycling. A little cost– called the PaintCare cost– is put on the sale of brand-new paint and funds all elements of the program consisting of paint collection, transport, processing and public education. The PaintCare cost in Illinois differs by container size: $ 0.00 for half pint or smaller sized; $ 0.45 for bigger than half pint approximately smaller sized than one gallon; $ 0.95 for one gallon approximately 2 gallons; $ 1.95 for bigger than 2 gallons approximately 5 gallons.
The brand-new program is anticipated to handle almost one million gallons of paint in its very first year. PaintCare handles gathered paint according to a policy of “greatest, finest usage,” which highlights making great quality product offered for instant reuse, recycling it, or putting it to another helpful usage if it can’t be recycled or recycled. The majority of the paint PaintCare gets is latex paint and is remixed into recycled material paint by processors. To date, PaintCare has actually gathered around 85 million gallons of paint nationally.
To find out more about PaintCare and discover a regional paint drop-off website in Illinois, see: paintcare.org/IL.
High-resolution images and video from the PaintCare program can be downloaded HERE.
About PaintCare
PaintCare is devoted to making it simple and hassle-free for families, companies, and organizations to recycle postconsumer (leftover) paint in states with paint stewardship laws. A not-for-profit company developed by paint business, PaintCare establishes drop-off places for remaining paint, schedules recycling and correct disposal, and carries out public education. Around 85 million gallons of paint, stain, and varnish have actually been handled by PaintCare in 10 states and the District of Columbia.
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