Solutions for leftover trade paint

Donate your leftover trade paint

Our schemes will accept all brands of still usable paint, including a service charge. The paint must be in its original container, non-hazardous and over half full.

Please note, we are a reuse network, not a waste disposal company. The paint inside your leftover containers must still be usable for a member of the public or a community organisation.

The paint containers and paint within must both be in good condition and must not have gone off. A quick smell of your paint will indicate whether your paint has gone ‘off’. ‘Off’ paint will have a distinct smell, often of rotten eggs.

Here is a list of types of paint schemes can and cannot accept:

Any paint or material whose container or packaging displays any of the hazard symbols below will NOT be accepted by a scheme:

Process

Once we receive details of your leftover paint we will identify the nearest suitable scheme. Initially, we will liaise with the scheme on your behalf and pass details of the paint to them. The scheme will then contact you to organise collecting the paint and discuss any other details.

Charges

Schemes request a service charge for accepting your leftover paint. This covers their collection and operational costs and will vary between schemes. Due to this, we are unable to advise on the potential charges, but as soon as we put you in touch with the scheme they will be able to provide full details. Any service charges will be considerably less than the cost of hazardous waste disposal.

Reasons to work with our schemes:

• Prevent a valuable resource from going to waste.
• Reduce your paint disposal costs.
• Improve your green credentials.
• Benefit your local community.
• Generate positive stories about your organisation.

Who we’ve worked with…

Community RePaint has been sponsored by Dulux since its inception in 1993 and forms part of the ongoing sustainability programme of AkzoNobel. They also provide strategic support to grow and strengthen the network and donate paint to various Community RePaint schemes across the UK, through their Dulux Decorator Centres.

Community RePaint has also worked with a whole range of retailers, manufacturers and businesses, at a national and local level, to divert reusable paint from disposal, including:

• Homebase
• B&Q
• Farrow & Ball
• NHS Estates Department
• Brewers
• MITIE Property Services
• Johnstone and Leyland Decorator Centres
• Bagnalls
• Various independent painters and decorators