PaintCare's Door-to-Door Paint Recycling Pickup Service Available

PaintCare has extended its direct pickup service to households with more than 10 gallons of leftover paint in Arapahoe, Adams, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties. For a limited time, PaintCare will pick up leftover paint, stain, and varnish from homes to be recycled. There is no charge for the pickup service; the cost is covered by the PaintCare fee on sales of new paint. Since January, the service has been available in the Colorado Springs area and in El Paso and Teller Counties.

"PaintCare has extended its pickup service to residents in six counties around the Denver Front Range for a limited time to make recycling larger amounts of paint even more convenient," said Kevin Lynch, PaintCare Colorado program manager. "With home improvement projects up, we see a pent-up need for responsible paint disposal options. We have seen great success with the program around Colorado Springs and expect it will work well in the Denver area, as well."

Products covered by the PaintCare program and accepted for pickup are defined as interior and exterior architectural coatings sold in containers of five gallons or smaller, including:

• House paint and primers (latex or oil-based)
• Stains
• Deck and concrete sealers
• Clear finishes (e.g., varnishes, shellac)

Accepted paint products must be in a sealed, original container with the original manufacturer label. PaintCare does not accept aerosol products (spray cans), industrial maintenance (IM), original equipment manufacturer (OEM), or specialty coatings. Visit paintcare.org/products for additional information.

Residents interested in paint pickup should call (720) 854-8722 to see if they qualify and submit a service request.

Households with less than 10 gallons of paint for disposal are encouraged to use PaintCare's site locator tool to find a nearby drop-off site. There are currently more than 60 sites located around the Denver area for paint to be dropped off for recycling.

PaintCare is a national nonprofit that makes it easy to recycle leftover paint. In states with paint stewardship laws like Colorado, PaintCare operates recycling programs on behalf of paint manufacturers. Over the past 10 years, PaintCare has established programs in California, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Maine, Minnesota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, and is planning a program in New York which is expected to begin operation in 2022. PaintCare has managed more than 50 million gallons of paint, stain, and varnish.

To learn more about PaintCare in Colorado visit https://www.paintcare.org/states/colorado/