PaintCare Celebrates Earth Day With Record Breaking Recycling Volume and Expansion.
On April 22nd more than one billion people and organizations from around the world will take part and show appreciation of the planet with a demand to protect it and its natural resources. PaintCare of Oregon celebrates Earth Day with the success of over 700,000 gallons of latex and oil-based paint collected from consumer and contractor painting projects throughout the state since its inception back in July 2010.
Due to Oregon’s success, PaintCare looks ahead to protecting our planet with future implementation of the program in additional states. The same legislation passed for California in 2010 whose statewide program will launch this year. Connecticut passed the legislation for the program in 2011 and will launch throughout the state in 2013.
Since Earth Day 2011, Oregon has added an additional 22 PaintCare collection sites where the public can bring left-over paint for recycling, reuse, and energy recovery. New collection sites were added in Boardman, Lexington, Hood River, Medford, Eugene (2), Springfield, Roseburg, Madras, Portland (2), Mt Angel, Beaverton, Lincoln City (2), Salem, Woodburn, Toledo, Newport, Waldport, Prineville, and Tillamook. Earth Day 2012 marks a total of 100 sites established throughout the state.
Rick Vopel, PaintCare’s Oregon Program Coordinator said, “We will be sponsoring various PaintCare paint collection events in areas that do not have collection site coverage as we work to add collection sites for better proximity for all residents throughout the state of Oregon.”
For more information please visit www.paintcare.org to find the collection sites throughout Oregon and find out how you can make a difference this Earth Day and year round.
About PaintCare, Inc.
PaintCare is a non-profit association established to manage the Oregon Paint Stewardship Program, which oversees the reuse, recycling and proper disposal of leftover paint. To learn more about the importance of reusing and recycling your leftover paint, or to find a collection center near you, visit www.paintcare.org.