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Say NO to
NEEDLESS POLLUTION
What's happening
Around 34 million litres of leftover paint
are generated annually in the UK. Much
of it 昀椀nds its way into the domestic waste
stream in land昀椀lls and watercourses, or is
separated and incinerated as hazardous
waste, all at considerable cost both
昀椀nancially and environmentally.
Paint is a waste problem in the UK.
According to the British Coatings
Federation, only 2% of paint is recycled,
and the Royal Society of Chemistry
estimates that 50 million
tins are stashed in UK households,
which is enough to coat the Forth Bridge
212 times.⁴
Paint manufacturing is waterintensive and produces large
volumes of wastewater that can
contain chemicals, suspended
solids, and even heavy metals, which
can cause signi昀椀cant environmental
damage to the living planet.
Our throwaway culture is depleting
the earth’s resources, which future
generations need to survive.
Doing our bit
We make paint to order, and
because natural paint has such
good coverage, you need less of it.
We avoid petrochemicalderived plastics and harmful
chemical compounds, so we
don’t create toxic waste.
We aim to take nothing from nature
that cannot be given back.
We are championing a circular
economy based on a closedloop system in which waste is
eliminated and instead becomes
food for the next cycle in nature.
We encourage our customers
to donate leftover paint to local
charities or community projects
via communityrepaint.org.uk.
We would like to set up a scheme
to take back unwanted paint for
recycling and safe disposal.
Biodiversity collapse now threatens to
wipe out entire species and ecosystems.
# C O M E C L E A N A B O U T PA I N T
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