Managing waste
Recycling schemes example 2 – Wattyl
Paint Back Ingeniously building a better future with Australia’s unwanted paint and packaging. Paintback®, established in 2016, is an industry-led initiative designed to divert unwanted paint and packaging from ending up in landfill and vital waterways. Since launching the initiative, we have collected and treated over 56 million kg of unwanted paint and packaging.
Paintback is driven by the Australian paint industry and the major companies that supply around 90% of all the architectural and decorative (A&D) paint sold in Australia. Paintback’s founding members includes Wattyl & other major market manufacturers. As an independent not-for-profit organisation, Paintback is funded through a 15 cent plus GST per litre levy on eligible products, between 1 litre and 20 litres inclusive.
Along with disposing of unwanted paint, Paintback is committed to researching new ways to repurpose unwanted paint materials and help develop a circular economy.
Free drop off at over 165 locations across Australia.
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