Customers visiting selected B&Q stores can return leftover paint as part of a take back trial. Once collected, the paint will be assessed for reuse or remanufactured into new paint products.
Items that can’t be reused will be disposed of safely and responsibly. Insights from this trial will help shape a national system capable of dramatically increasing reuse, recycling and remanufacturing rates.
The PaintCare drop‑off service is currently available at the following B&Q locations:
- B&Q Coventry – Alvis Retail Park, CV5 8BW
- B&Q Coventry Brandon Road – Binley Woods, CV3 2JD
- B&Q Halesowen – Mucklow Hill, B62 8EP
- B&Q Kidderminster – Green Street, DY10 1AX
- B&Q Solihull – Marshall Lake Road, B90 4RB
- B&Q Wolverhampton – Black Country Route, WV14 0QL
- B&Q Wednesbury – Gallagher Retail Park, WS10 9QY
The trial is also running across several other national decorating retailers, including Brewers Decorator Centres, Dulux Decorator Centres, and Johnstone’s Decorating Centres, helping test how a large‑scale circular system for decorative paint could function across the UK.
Community RePaint has played a key role in supporting the development of the UK PaintCare initiative. While Community RePaint focuses on redistributing reusable paint back into communities, PaintCare aims to address the full spectrum of leftover decorative paint — including recycling pathways for products that cannot be reused.
These efforts support a more circular future for paint in the UK, reducing waste, supporting community reuse, and conserving valuable resources.