Source: PaintCare’s 2018 Rhode Island Annual Report for July 2017 - June 2018

PaintCare

~10% of all paint sold each year is leftover

84,210 gallons processed

That’s enough paint to apply one coat to the walls of 74,800 rooms!*

12’ 12’

10’

18%

82%100%

Latex Oil-Based

*A 12’ W X 10’ H room with 4 walls, 1 door and 1 window. Total surface area of walls is 450 sq. ft. Assumes 1 gal. of house paint covers 400 sq. ft. of surface area.

But what happens to the paint?

Large volume pick-ups (200+ gal)

22

Proper Disposal

Recycled-content paint

Used as fuel

56% of that amount was processed by PaintCare

32Year-round

drop-off sites

99.9% of RI residents live within 15 miles of a drop-off site

Program highlights, July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018

Of the paint processed, 77% was latex and 23% was oil-based.