Program Products What Is the These products have fees and are accepted at drop-off sites: • Interior and exterior architectural paints: Paint latex, acrylic, water-based, alkyd, oil-based, enamel (all types of finishes and sheens, including textured coatings) Stewardship • Deck coatings, floor paints (including elastomeric) Program? • Primers, sealers, undercoaters Recycle with • Stains • Shellacs, lacquers, varnishes, urethanes (single component) PaintCare More than 700 million gallons of • Waterproofing concrete/masonry/wood architectural paint is sold each year sealers and repellents (not tar or About the PaintCare Program bitumen-based) in the U.S., and it is estimated that • Swimming pool paints (single component) about 10 percent of that is available • Metal coatings, rust preventatives for recycling. Non-Program Products Until now, unused, leftover (postconsumer) paint has generally been managed through • Paint thinners, mineral spirits, solvents programs operated and paid for by local • Aerosol paints (spray cans) • Auto, marine, traffic/road marking, and state government agencies. art/craft paints • Caulking compounds, epoxies, Starting in October 2012, a California glues, adhesives law requires the paint and coatings • Paint additives, colorants, tints, resins industry to develop a financially and • Wood preservatives environmentally sustainable solution • Roof patch and repair • Tar and bitumen-based products to manage postconsumer architectural • 2-component coatings paint. Under the new program, the paint • Deck cleaners industry will make paint recycling more • Industrial Maintenance (IM) coatings convenient by setting up hundreds of • Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) drop-off sites throughout the state (shop application) paints and finishes where consumers can take their paint. Note: Leaking, unlabeled, and empty containers PaintCare will also conduct outreach are not accepted at drop-off sites. and education about keeping paint out of the trash, buying the right amount For information about recycling and proper of paint for a project, and using up disposal of non-program products, please contact remaining paint. your garbage hauler, local environmental health agency, or public works department. Who Is PaintCare? Recycling New What Products

PaintCare is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, and Old Paint Are Covered? established by the American Coatings Association to implement state-mandated paint stewardship PaintCare will make sure your paint gets Architectural paint or “Program Products” programs on behalf of paint manufacturers in recycled or properly disposed of at state- are defined as interior and exterior architectural states that adopt a paint stewardship law. authorized paint processing facilities. You coatings sold in containers of 5 gallons or less. can drop off new paint and old paint, even They do not include aerosol, industrial, original PaintCare is currently running or preparing to if it over 20 years old. equipment, or specialty coatings. implement programs in California, , (See back panel for examples of program and , and . Funding and Fees non-program products.) The program is funded by paint manufacturers Who Can Use the paying the PaintCare Recovery Fee on all architectural paint sold in California. They Program? pass the fee to distributers and retailers, who include the fee in the purchase price In addition to residents, this program is available to of paint. Fees are by container size as follows: Paint Drop-Off Sites trade painters, contractors and other businesses with one restriction: If your business produces Half pint or less $ 0.00 more than 27 gallons of hazardous waste per PaintCare will establish hundreds of drop-off sites More than half pint to month, you may only use the drop-off sites for at paint retail stores, government-run household less than 1 gallon $ 0.35 your latex paint and not for your oil-based paint. hazardous waste facilities, and other locations 1 gallon $ 0.75 To learn more about the 27 gallon restriction, across California. When these sites are part of contact PaintCare or the California Department More than 1 gallon to 5 gallons $ 1.60 PaintCare, they will accept program products of Toxic Substances Control. from all residents and certain businesses. To Retail stores can choose whether or not find a site near you, visit paintcare.org or call to display the fee separately on sales (855) 724-6809. receipts. The fee is not a deposit — you do Limits on Quantities not receive it back when you drop off paint for recycling. at Drop-Off Sites

Drop-off sites may establish limits on the For more details, please quantity of products they accept. Generally, visit paintcare.org the limit in small stores will be lower than in large stores. Please check with the site if you or call (855) 724-6809. have more than 5 gallons.